Mine detail: Ella Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.12668, -114.35542

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Cobalt
Secondary: Nickel
Ore: Copper, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue: Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

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:Lookout Structural Block
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Gossan , Silicification

References

MRDSW013489
MAS160590073
DEP10070522
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 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. 174}{Deposit:: 5) BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations RI-4012}
ReporterOrtman, Dale; Miller, Pat, Causey, J. Douglas