Mine detail: Windy Ridge Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

45.06926, -116.74911

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Hematite, Ilmenite
Orebody form:	POD/LENS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rock:	Limepoint Creek Sequence-Tuff Breccia, Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Unit Strikes Nnw
Tectonic:	Island Arc Volcanic Chain
Alteration processes:	Epidote, Chlorite, Sericite, Calcite

References

MRDS	W012940
MAS	160030088
DEP	10089078
Reference	{Deposit:: Morganti, J. M., 1972, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Cuprum Area, Seven Devils Mining District, Hells Canyon, Idaho: Pullman, Wash., Wash. State Univ., Ms Thesis, 153 P}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 165}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)