Mine detail: Black Hawk Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.56066, -117.06431

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Diorite,Latite
Associated rock:	Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite, Latite;Diorite;Porphyry
Associated type:	Diorite,Latite
Structure:	Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.
Tectonic:	Island Arc
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Sericitization, Chloritization

References

MRDS	W012759
MAS	160870052
DEP	10105578
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, ALFRED L., AND WAGNER, WARREN R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P}{Deposit:: 1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9}{Deposit:: MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 0160870125.}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.}
Reporter	Winters, Dick , Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat