Mine detail: Feather Creek Prospect

Previously called 'PeacockOlson'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.96236, -116.41793

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Biotite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1880

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Member Of Wallace Formation-Gneiss; Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite,Gneiss
Structure:	Brecciation; Hoodoo Fault Is 600 Ft To The Ne
Alteration processes:	Heavy Gossan; Gouge; Mn Stain; Silicification

References

MRDS	W015974
DEP	10096415
Reference	{Deposit:: STALEY, W. W., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 1 P.}{Deposit:: MC NEILL, A. R., 1971 , GEOLOGY OF THE HOODOO MINING DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 98 P.}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY (TULLIS)}{Deposit:: 1962 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.