Mine detail: Humming Bird Group

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Location: Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.23712, -111.505
dep_id: 10105992
mrds_id: W026573
mas_id: 160070031
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead, Copper
Trace mineral: Gold, Silver
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Brochantite, Copper, Malachite
gangue: Jasper
other_matl: Azurite, Quartz, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
orebody_fm: LINEAR, TABULAR, FISSURE VEIN
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Bedding, Contact Zone Of Blacksmith (?) Limestone And Bloomington Formation (?)
Reporter: Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat, Kauffman, John D.
hrock_unit: Blacksmith Limestone;Bloomington Formation-Shale
hrock_type: Shale,Limestone
Structure: Bear River Syncline
disc_yr: 1897
References:
  • 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
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