Mine detail: Humming Bird Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.23712, -111.505

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Brochantite, Copper, Malachite
Gangue:	Jasper
Orebody form:	LINEAR, TABULAR, FISSURE VEIN
Other material:	Azurite, Quartz, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Discovery year:	1897

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Blacksmith Limestone;Bloomington Formation-Shale
Host type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Bear River Syncline

References

MRDS	W026573
MAS	160070031
DEP	10105992
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , P. 345}{Deposit:: Richards, R. W., 1911 , Notes On The Lead And Copper Deposits In The Bear River Range, Idaho And Utah: USGS Bulletin 470 , P. 177 - 187}{Deposit:: 1911 Recon R. W. Richards, Bulletin 470}{Deposit:: 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 152}{Deposit:: Toepfer 1951 Usdm Rev Of Exam Rept Humming Bird Mine}{Deposit:: USBM Mineral Property File 121.4 - Includes Correspondence & Property Report}{Production:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , USGS Prof. Paper 152 , P. 345}
Reporter	Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat, Kauffman, John D.