Mine detail: Climax Prospect

Previously called 'Bownlee Creek Deposit'

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Location: Washington County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.73237, -116.8141
dep_id: 10070204
mrds_id: W012950
mas_id: 160870019
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Silver, Copper
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Actinolite, Garnet, Magnetite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Crest Of Small Fold In Calcareous Rocks.
Reporter: Moody, Ula L.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick
hrock_unit: Seven Devils Volcanics
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
arock_unit: Seven Devils Volcanics;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
tectonic: Island Arc
References:
  • 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.
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