Mine detail: Cumo Prospect

Previously called 'Cumo Moly Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.03598, -115.78426

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver, Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead, Rhenium, Zinc, Gallium
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: tabular

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Cu-Mo porphyry
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Dacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Lamprophyre
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Biotite Quartz Latite Porphyry, Andesite, Dacite Porphyry, Lamprophyre;Dikes-Rhyolite, Diabase
Associated type:Dacite,Quartz Latite,Andesite,Lamprophyre
Structure:Fractures, Shears And Faults, Breccia
Tectonic:Boise Basin
Alteration processes:Silicification, Argillization, Propylitization, Potassic, Oxidation

References

MRDSW027150
MAS160150056
DEP10078685
Reference{Analytical Data:: Mosquito Consolidated Gold Mines, Ltd., 2007, Mosquito confirms historical assays at Cumo: on line at http://www.mosquitogold.com, 6/11/07.}{Deposit:: WHITNEY, M. S., 1975 , GEOLOGY OF THE CUMO PROSPECT, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: GOLDEN, COLORADO, COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES, M. S. THESIS, 84 P.}{Deposit:: IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, 1975 , FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM, JULY 1 , 1974 - JUNE 30 , 1975 , 95 P.}{Deposit:: 1971 GEOLMAP MIDWEST OIL CO., WHITNEY M. S. THESIS}{Deposit:: 1974 GEOLMAP AMAX EXPLORATION, INC., WHITNEY M. S. THESIS}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, ADDENDUM}{Deposit:: SHANNON, S.S., JR., 1971, EVALUATION OF COPPER AND MOLYBDENUM GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES AT THE CUMO PROSPECT, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO, IN BOYLE, R.W., AND MCGERRIGLE, J.I., EDS., GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION: CANADIAN INST. OF MINING AND METALL. SPEC. VOL. II, P. 247-250.}{Deposit:: Worthington, J.e., 2007, Porphyry and other molybdenum deposits of Idaho and Montana: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 07-3, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho}{Geology:: Anderson, A.L., 1947, Geology and ore deposits of the Boise Basin, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 944-C.}{Geology:: Baker, Donald J., 1985, Geology of the Cumo molybdenum-copper system, Boise County, Idaho: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 1985, V. 17, No. 4, p. 207.}{Geology:: Kiilsgaard, T.H., and Lewis, R.S., 1985, Plutonic rocks of Cretaceous age and faults in the Atlanta lobe of the Idaho batholith, Challis quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1658, Chapter B.}{Geology:: Kiilsgaard, T.H., and Bennett, E.H., 1995, Tertiary molybdenum stockworks, in Geology and Mineral Resource Assessments of the Challis 1o x 2o Quadrangle, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1525, p. 131-134.}{Reserve-Resource:: George Cross Newsletter, 1995, Report on CUMO drilling, February 16.}{Reserve-Resource:: Rostad, Ora, 1978, Discussion notes: Economic Geology, vol. 73, p. 1366-1367.}{Reserve-Resource:: MOSQUITO CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES LIMITED, 2009, MOSQUITO FILES CUMO NI 43-101, ANNOUNCES 1.3 BILLION TONS INDICATED, 2.2 BILLION TONS INFERRED OF HIGHER-GRADE MULTI-ELEMENT MINERALIZATION: NI43-101 report filed by Mosquite Consolidated Gold Mines Limited with SEDAR [www.mosquitogold.com] accessed from http://www.infomine.com/index/pr/PA751752.PDF, July 14, 2009.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Causey, J. Douglas, Kiilsgaard, Thor, Bookstrom, A.A.