Mine detail: Cougar Prospect

Previously called 'Theriault Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.24931, -115.99546

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR BUNCHES

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Lower Wallace Formation;Upper St. Regis Formation
Host type:	Slate
Structure:	Veins Are In Fractures Associated With Post-Intrusion Movement Along St. Joe Fault Zone. Nw - Se Folding And Faulting
Tectonic:	Belt Basin

References

MRDS	W026610
DEP	10096469
Reference	{Deposit:: WAGNER, W. R., 1949 , THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SOUTHERN SLOPE OF THE ST. JOE MOUNTAINS, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82 , 48 P.}{Deposit:: PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61}{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JUNE 29 , 1970}{Deposit:: WILSON, R. S., 1963 , GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION RECONNAISSANCE IN THE AVERY AREA, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 81 P.}{Deposit:: 1911 OTHER J. T. PARDEE BULL. 470}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.