Mine detail: Thorn Spring Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

44.52376, -117.06911

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Goethite, Jarosite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Aplite;Iron Mountain Complex-Quartz Diorite, Porphyritic Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Granite
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Sericitization, Propylitization

References

MRDS	W012788
MAS	160870143
DEP	10070100
Reference	HENRICKSEN, T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL - IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., PH.D. THESIS, 205 P
Reporter	Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat, McHugh, Edward L.