Mine detail: Wilford Prospect

Previously called 'National Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.09127, -116.7004

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Hematite, Ilmenite, Specularite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rock:	Copper Cliffs Sequence-Keratophyric Volcanic Sandstone, Tuff Breccia
Associated type:	Sandstone,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Ne Trending Units
Tectonic:	Island Arc Volcanic Chain
Alteration processes:	Chloritization, Epidotization, Sericite

References

MRDS	W012975
MAS	160030038
DEP	10093460
Reference	{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 Bulletin 1, P. 31.}{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., M S Thesis, 153 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin}
Reporter	Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick