Mine detail: Iron Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

44.72878, -116.8054

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Barite, Limonite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Seven Devils Group-Limestone, Tactite
Host type:	Diorite,Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Associated rock:	Seven Devils Volcanics;Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Greenstone
Tectonic:	Island Arc
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W012954
MAS	160870138
DEP	10070206
Reference	{Deposit:: Fankhauser, R. E., 1969, Geology And Mineralization Of The Southern Cuddy Mountains, Washington County, Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., Ms, Thesis, 138 P.}{Deposit:: Bruce, W. R., 1971, Geology, Mineral Deposits, And Alteration Of Parts Of The Cuddy Mtn. Dist., Western Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., Ph. D. Thesis, 165 P.}{Deposit:: 1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, P. 20.}
Reporter	Winters, Dick, Moody, Ula L.; Miller, Pat