Mine detail: IXL Mine

Previously called 'Red Ledge'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.74177, -116.7843

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Copper
Tertiary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Barite, Biotite, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form: OVAL-SHAPED, ELONGATED, IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1921

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Granite
Associated rock:Seven Devils Volcanics;Quartz Diorite And Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Mineralization With Faults Dipping 18 - 44 Deg.
Tectonic:Island Arc
Alteration processes:Gossan, Oxidation, Sericitized, Silicified, Chlorite, Potassic

References

MRDSW012772
MAS160870017
DEP10070090
Reference{Deposit:: BELL, ROBERT N., 1919, THE IXL COPPER PROSPECT: ENG. AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 108, NO. 10, P. 400 - 402.}{Deposit:: COOK, E. F., 1954, MINING GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN DEVILS REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 97, 22 P.}{Deposit:: BRUCE, WAYNE, 1971, GEOLOGY, MINERAL DEPOSITS AND ALTERATION OF PARTS OF THE CUDDY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERT., 165 P.}{Deposit:: IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM, JULY 1, 1974 - JUNE 30, 1975, 95 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, D.C., 1925 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, ID.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13 , 24 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, D.C., AND LANEY, F. B., 1920 , THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE SEVEN DEVILS AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1 , 105 P.}{Deposit:: 1954 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 97}{Deposit:: 1954 DIR EXPL BEAR CREEK MINING CO.}
ReporterWinters, Dick, Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat, King, Robert U.