Mine detail: Peacock Mine

Previously called 'DarlandPeacock & South Peacock'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.16927, -116.6518

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite
Gangue: Garnet
Orebody form: IRREGULAR SHOOTS, REPLACEMENT, IRREGULAR, REPLACEMENT, IRREGULAR; LENTICULAR
Other material: Azurite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1877

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1888

Geology

Host rock:Martin Bridge Limestone;Tactite
Host type:Skarn (Tactite)
Associated rock:Granodiorite
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock,Granite
Tectonic:Island Arc
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW012972
MAS160030009
DEP10105597
Reference{Deposit:: Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 77 - 79}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61. P.}{Deposit:: 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1}{Deposit:: 1975 Compile Us Bur Mines Mining Activity List For 1974}{Deposit:: Hayward 1928 Univ Of Idaho Bs Geol Thesis 20 P}{Deposit:: Lingren 1907 Eng & Min Jour V 84 P 201}{Deposit:: Cook 1954 Id Bur Mines & Geol Pamph 97 P 13}{Deposit:: Close, T.J., And Others, Mineral Resources Of The Hells Canyon Wilderness Area And Portions Of The Hells Canyon National Recreation Study Area, Adams, Idaho, And Nez Perce Counties, Idaho, And Wallowa County, Oregon: Unpublished U.S. Bureau Of Mines File Report, P. 140-145.}{Production:: Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 77 - 79.}
ReporterMurphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat, Close, Terry J.