Mine detail: Rocket Prospect

Previously called 'White Bluff'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.17208, -115.36516

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten, Copper
Ore:	Covellite, Malachite, Scheelite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sericite
Orebody form:	STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Metamorphosed Limestone, Schist, Gneiss, Slate, Argillite, Dolomite;Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
Host type:	Slate,Schist,Gneiss,Argillite,Limestone,Dolomite
Alteration processes:	Tremolite - Actinolite, Muscovite, Garnet

References

MRDS	W015254
DEP	10071723
Reference	{Deposit:: CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.}{Deposit:: 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. 39 - 40}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.