Mine detail: Blue Jacket Mine

Previously called 'BucketBlue Jacket-Queen Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.12627, -116.6404

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Garnet
Orebody form:	STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1887

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1897

Geology

Host rock:	Martin Bridge Limestone-Limestone;Tactite
Host type:	Skarn (Tactite),Limestone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	W012960
MAS	160030005
DEP	10070210
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. 71 - 73}{Deposit:: 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1}{Deposit:: 11th Annual Report, Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 127.}{Deposit:: 13th Annual Report, Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 19.}{Production:: Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 72.}
Reporter	Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick