Mine detail: Dusty Claims

Previously called 'Nickel Point'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.13958, -114.334

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt, Nickel
Ore: Cobaltite, Malachite
Gangue: Magnetite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, PODS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Schist
Associated rock:Lcret-Eeo Gabbro
Associated type:Gabbro
Structure:Blackbird Structural Block, Folds

References

MRDSW013477
MAS160590061
DEP10070513
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT OR THE COBALT DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61, 34 P.}{Deposit:: CANNEY, F.C., 1953, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: TRITES, A.F., AND TOOKER, E. W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST - CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 175.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau of Mines REPT INV 4012}{Deposit:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY V 42, NO 1, P 22-46.}
ReporterOrtman, Dale; Miller, Pat, Causey, J. Douglas