Mine detail: Thomas Heady Prospect

Previously called 'Heady Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.20817, -116.6546

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Discovery year:	1895

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Seven Devils Volcanics-Porphyritic Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Tectonic:	Island Arc
Alteration processes:	Pyritized, Sericitized

References

MRDS	W012934
MAS	160030029
DEP	10070195
Reference	{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 Bulletin 1, P. 57.}{Deposit:: Long, R.C., 1976 , Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Red Ledge Mine Area, Adams County, Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State University, M.S. Thesis, 115 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Winters, Dick