Mine detail: Climax Prospect

Previously called 'Bownlee Creek Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.73237, -116.8141

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Silver, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Contact Metasomatic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Seven Devils Volcanics
Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Seven Devils Volcanics;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:	Island Arc

References

MRDS	W012950
MAS	160870019
DEP	10070204
Reference	{Deposit:: FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO, CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, MS THESIS, 138 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, D.C., 1925 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13 , 24 P.}{Deposit:: 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1}{Deposit:: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 97, 1954, P. 20.}
Reporter	Moody, Ula L.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick