Mine detail: Blue Bluff Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

45.15818, -115.38736

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Feldspar, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss;Yellowjacket Formation-Hornblende Schist
Host type:	Hornblendite,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dacite
Associated type:	Dacite
Structure:	Brecciation, Slickenslides
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Brecciation

References

MRDS	W014899
DEP	10071481
Reference	KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 40 - 4
Reporter	Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat)