Mine detail: Mizpah Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

46.99736, -116.50131

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cubanite, Cuprite, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Marcasite, Microcline, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Tourmaline, Vermiculite, Zircon
Orebody form:	BUNCHES
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Mica Schist;Wallace Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
Host type:	Hornblendite,Quartzite,Schist,Limestone
Associated rock:	Sills Of Hornblende-Diorite
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Structure:	Large Open Syncline That Trends Ne, Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Shallow Oxidation; Chlorite; Actinolite

References

MRDS	W015888
DEP	10072062
Reference	{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.}{Deposit:: MCNEILL, A., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE HOODOO MINING DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 98 P.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, D. C., AND LANEY, F. B., 1920, THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE SEVEN DEVILS AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1, 105 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1941, A COPPER DEPOSIT OF THE DUCKTOWN TYPE NEAR THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 36, NO. 6, P. 641-657.}{Deposit:: CLAYTON, A.B., 1934, COPPER VEINS OF THE MIZPAH MINE IN THE HOODOO DISTRICT NEAR HARVARD, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, BS THESIS, 14 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 1}{Deposit:: 1935 DIREXPL COLUMBIA MINES CORP}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1941, ECON. GEOL., V. 36, NO. 6, P. 641-657 { HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2, 29 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.