Mine detail: Basin Group Prospect

Previously called 'Alta Copper'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.84179, -114.25811

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Augite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Prehnite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Wollastonite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Contact Metamorphic
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Phi Kappa Formation-Slate, Quartzite
Host type:	Slate,Quartzite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	W013829
MAS	160370734
DEP	10096276
Reference	{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR - BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 24}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 81}
Reporter	McHugh, Edward L., Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)