Mine detail: Hoodoo Prospects

Previously called 'Lower HoodooUpper HoodooMiddle Hoodoo'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.17099, -114.63422

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Zinc
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Cadmium
Ore: Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tremolite
Orebody form: LINEAR, IRREGULAR, LENSES, PODS, TABULAR, FISSURE VEIN
Discovery year: 1930

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1973

Geology

Host rock:Milligen Formation-Argillites, Quartzites;Wood River Formation-Marble, Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite,Marble,Argillite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Idaho Batholith
Alteration processes:Brecciation, Silicification, Oxidation

References

MRDSW014184
MAS160370624
DEP10071008
Reference{Deposit:: Kern, Richard, R., 1972, The Geology And Economic Deposits Of Slate Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Univ. Ms, Thesis, P. 57 - 62.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.}{Deposit:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.}{Deposit:: Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin1545e, P.259, Pl.3, No.67}{Deposit:: 1975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974}{Deposit:: Kern, 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of The Slate Creek Area, Ms Thesis, Idaho State Univ}{Deposit:: Brown 1975 Annual Report Idaho Dept Of Labor And Industry}{Deposit:: Lickes (USBM) Et Al 1955 Dmea Report}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bay Horse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 877, 161 P}{Reserve-Resource:: Derkey, Pamela, D., 1978, Hoodoo Mine, Custer County, Idaho, Mas Deposit Summary Report, Page 11.}{Reserve-Resource:: Tschantz, Et. Al., 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth Nat. Rec. Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Report, 648 P.}
ReporterYett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat, Gosling