Mine detail: Big Five Group Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

47.39406, -116.48434

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyromorphite
Gangue:	Calcite, Iron, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation-Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Wnw St. Joe River Fault
Alteration processes:	Silicification; Chlorite

References

MRDS	W012941
MAS	160090004
DEP	10096224
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1928, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE ST. MARIES REGION, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 30, P. 18}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1940, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 53}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D.