Mine detail: Copper Queen Claim

Previously called 'Blackbird Mine'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 45.1219, -114.3245

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Gold, Nickel
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Gold, Malachite
Gangue: Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite,Schist
Associated rock:Gabbro
Associated type:Gabbro
Structure:Blackbird Structural Block And Haynes-Stellite Structural Block
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Hydrothermal, Bleaching, Gossan

References

MRDSW013479
MAS160590063
DEP10070515
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 ON 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 REPORT.}{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:: BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}
ReporterOrtman, Dale; Miller, Pat, Causey, J. Douglas