Mine detail: Haynes-Stellite Mine

Previously called 'Cobalt MineMona GroupBelielleBeliel Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.1123, -114.31534

Resource(M)

Primary: Cobalt, Copper
Tertiary: Nickel, Uranium
Ore: Annabergite, Cobaltite, Smaltite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEINLETS, MASSES
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Gunsight Formation, Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite,Phyllite,Schist
Structure:Haynes-Stellite Structural Block
Alteration processes:Silicification, Tourmalinization

References

MRDSW000724
MAS160590075
DEP10105496
Reference{Deposit:: BILBREY, J.H., JR., 1962, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8103, P.26}{Deposit:: VHAY, J.S., 1948, COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219.}{Deposit:: SHOCKEY, P.N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P.}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COBALT DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61.}{Deposit:: CANNEY, F.C., 1953, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT 53-31, 21 p.}{Deposit:: TRITES, A.F. AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 175-176.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1931, CLASSIFICATION OF THE LODE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 2, P. 169-185.}{Deposit:: BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: TREXLER, B.D., JR., 1974, UNPUBLISHED BLACKBIRD REPORT}{Deposit:: HESS, F.L., 1921, COBALT: USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF US, 1917, PT. 1, P. 899-901}{Deposit:: Reed, G.C. and Herdlick, J.A., 1947, Blackbird cobalt deposits, Lemhi County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines R.I. 4012, 36 p.}{Deposit:: BELL, R.N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917, 131 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1911.}{Production:: BILBREY, J.H. JR., 1962, USBM INF. CIRC. 8103; ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61. ; TREXLER, B.D., JR., 1974, UNPUBLISHED REPORT; VHAY, J.S., 1948, USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219}{Reserve-Resource:: UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT}
ReporterCoury, Anny B., Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat), Causey, J. Douglas, Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat