Mine detail: Fort Hall Mine

Previously called 'Pocatello GroupFrontier Group'

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Location: Bannock County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.77681, -112.35193
dep_id: 10070372
mrds_id: W013270
mas_id: 160050035
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Lead, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fractures
Reporter: Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Siltstone, Shale
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone
References:
  • Deposit:: Green, W. R., 1966, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 1 P.
  • Deposit:: Dotson, J. C., 1957: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report.
  • Deposit:: Merritt, P., 1930, The Origin And Occurrence Of The Metallic Ore Deposits Of Idaho: New York, New York, Columbia University, M. A. Thesis, P. 51 - 52.
  • Deposit:: 1957 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open File Rept.
  • Deposit:: 1966 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open File Rept.
  • Deposit:: Weeks, F.B., Heikes, V.C., 1907, USGS Bulletin 340, P. 176
  • Production:: Dotson, J. C., 1957: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geology Open - File Report
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