Mine detail: Horse Mountain Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

45.11547, -116.6616

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Hematite, Ilmenite
Orebody form:	POD/LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Keratophyre
Associated rock:	Copper Cliffs Sequence-Keratophyre Tuff Breccia
Associated type:	Keratophyre
Structure:	Unit Strikes Ne, Fault Strikes N - Nw.
Tectonic:	Island Arc Volcanic Chain
Alteration processes:	Chlorite, Epidote, Sericite, Calcite

References

MRDS	W012906
MAS	160030022
DEP	10070177
Reference	{Deposit:: Morganti, J. M., 1972, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Cuprum Area, Seven Devils Mining District, Hells Canyon, Idaho: Pullman, Wash., Wash. State Univ., Ms Thesis, 153 P}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 141}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Winters, Dick