Mine detail: Blackbird Mine

Previously called 'BlacktailTinkers PrideHorseshoe-Old GoldChelan No 15LudwigPatty BBohannonHaynes-StelliteSt. JoeHawkeyeCopper QueenDeweySunshineAnacondaKatherineHowe Sound AditChicagoIdahoDandyCalera MineUncle SamBrown Bear'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.11692, -114.3418

Resource(B)

Primary: Cobalt, Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Nickel, Bismuth, Sulfur, Selenium
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Electrum, Enargite, Erythrite, Galena, Gold, Heterogenite, Malachite, Safflorite, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue: Ankerite, Apatite, Biotite, Bismuth, Calcite, Goethite, Hematite, Hornblende, Jarosite, Limonite, Magnetite, Nontronite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite, Vivianite
Orebody form: TABULAR , IRREGULAR, LENS, PIPE-LIKE
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Muscovite, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1893

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Replacement Vein
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1915

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Schist,Quartzite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSM060825
MAS160590012
DEP10144621
Reference{Deposit:: BALDWIN, J.A. WATER RESOURCE PROBLEMS RELATED TO MINING IN THE BLACKBIRD MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO. UNIV. IDA. (MOSCOW)}{Deposit:: AGREEMENT 12-11-204-11 U.S. DEPT. AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE 1978, 232 PP.}{Deposit:: BUCHTA, T.(MINERAL SPECIALIST, COBALT RANGER DIST.) PERS. COMM. IN SILVERMAN, A., STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERAL POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO CHROMIUM, NICKEL, COBALT, MANAGANESE AND PLATINUM. DRAFT FINAL REPORT, 1983, (IN PRESS).}{Deposit:: CANNEY, F.C., 1953, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: FARMER, E.E. REVEGETATION OF ACID MINING WASTES IN CENTRAL IDAHO. U.S. DEPT. AGRICULTURE, FOREST SERVICE RESEARCH PAPER INT. 178, 1976, 17 P.}{Deposit:: PLATTS, W.S., S.B. MARTIN, AND E.R.J. PRIMBS. WATER QUALITY IN AN IDAHO STREAM DEGRADED B ACID MINE WATERS.}{Deposit:: U.S.D.A GENERAL TECHNICAL REPORT INT-67, 1979 IN SILVERMAN A., STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERAL POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO CHROMIUM, NICKEL, COBALT, MAGANESE, AND PLATINUM. DRAFT FINAL REPORT, 1983, (IN PRESS).}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COBALT DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61, 34 P.}{Deposit:: BILBREY, J.H., 1962, IC 1803, P.140}{Deposit:: CLIMATIC SUMMARY OF U.S.1964 SUP.1951-1960, WASH.D.C.}{Deposit:: HAWKES, H.E. 1952, GSA BULL. VOL. 63. P.1260}{Deposit:: MATERIALS SURVEY SERIES MS-5 BUMINES AND USGS FEB.1952}{Deposit:: MCDIVITT, JAMES F. 1956 IDA. BUR.MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 111. PP 3}{Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL HOWE SOUND MINING CO., USBM REPT. INV. 4012}{Deposit:: RI NO. 4172}{Deposit:: RI NO. 4279}{Deposit:: USBM RI NO. 4012 FEBRUARY 1947}{Deposit:: WESTERN FIELD OPERATION CENTER BUMINES MINERAL PROP.FILE N}{Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 78}{Deposit:: WAR MINERALS REPORT 131}{Deposit:: PAMP. NO. 111, 1956, PP. 31-36.}{Deposit:: MCWILLIAMS, J.R. HYDRAULIC EMPLACEMENT OF STOPE FILL AS PRACTICED AT THE BLACKBIRD MINE, COBALT, IDAHO. MEMO. TO WING G. AGNEW, CHIEF, SPOKANE FIELD OFFICE, REGION I, 1956.}{Deposit:: NORANDA EXPLORATION, INC., PERSONAL COMM. AND UNPUB. REPTS, 1978 IN PIERCE, P.A. BLACKBIRD MINE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. BUMINES PROPERTY EVAL. FILE REPT (COBALT), UNPUB. (CONFIDENTIAL), 1979, 51 PP.}{Deposit:: TREXLER, B.D., JR., 1974, UNPUBLISHED BLACKBIRD REPORT}{Deposit:: PIERCE, P.A. BLACKBIRD MINE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, BUMINES PROPERTY EVAL. FILE REPT (COBALT), UNPUB.}{Deposit:: PIERCE, R. V. APPLICATION FOR COPPER SUBSIDY, MACHINERY CENTER, INC., BLACKBIRD MINE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. MAY 1966, 16PP}{Deposit:: REED, G.C., AND HERDLICK, J.A., 1947, BLACKBIRD COBALT DEPOSITS, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USBM REPT. INV. 4012, P.5, FIGS. 4-26, 14 PP}{Deposit:: RIDGE, J.D. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, AIME, NEW YORK, V. 11, 1968, P. 1369.}{Deposit:: RULE, A.R. SUMMARY REPORT OF BENEFICIATION STUDY ON BLACKBIRD MILL TAILINGS. MEMO. TO R.N. APPLING, JR., CHIEF, WFOC, 1975.}{Deposit:: SCHACK, C.H., EVALUATION OF PROPOSAL BY MACHINERY CENTER INC., TO INCREASE COPPER PRODUCTION FROM THE BLACKBIRD MINE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. PART II IN METALL. PROCESSING. BUMINES, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, CONFIDENTIAL EPT, JUNE, 1966.}{Deposit:: SCHEURING, J. (GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT, BLACKBIRD MINE), 1982, PERS. COMM.: INTERVIEW, SEPTERMBER 24, 1982. U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, 1980.}{Deposit:: SHELTON, F.K., J.C. STAHL, AND R.E. CHURCHWARD. ELECTRO-WINNING OF COBALT FROM COBALTITE CONCENTRATES. BUMINES RI 4172, 1948, PP. 1-2, 90-98.}{Deposit:: SILVERMAN, A., STRATEGIC AND CRITICAL MINERAL POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES WITH RESPECT TO CHROMIUM, NICKEL, COBALT, MANGANESE, AND PLATINUM. DRAFT FINAL REPORT, 1983, (IN PRESS).}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J.B. GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 528, 1913, PP. 71-73, 159-165.}{Deposit:: VHAY, J.S. COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKBID MINING DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. U.S. GEOL. SURV. STRATEGIC MIN. INVES., PRELIM. REPT. 3-219, 1958, 24 P.}{Deposit:: WALKER. D.D., H.B. NICKELSON, AND D.C. ALVORD, FINAL REPT, BLACKBIRD MINE. DMEA-3143, 1958, 24 PP.}{Deposit:: WALLACE, R. U.S.F.S BOISE, IDAHO, PERS, COMM. MAY 9, 1984 WITH R.G. RANEY, WFOC.}{Deposit:: WELLS, H.R. CONCENTRATION OF COPPER-COBALT ORES FROM THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. BUMINES RI 4279, 1948, 21 PP.}{Deposit:: WEST, B. NORANDA EXPLORATION, DENVER, CO. PERS COMM. MAY 9, 1984 WITH R.G. RANEY, WFOC.}{Production:: COLEMAN, R.L. AND K.V. KONIGSMANN. BLACKBIRD PROJECT METALLURGICAL TREATMENT. NORANDA MINES, LTD,. UNPUB. REPORT, 1978, 10 PP.}{Production:: BLACKBIRD MILL TAILINGS. MEMORANDUM TO R. N. APPLING, JR.,}{Production:: SCHACK, C.H., EVALUATION OF PROPOSAL BY MACHINERY CENTER, INC., TO INCREASE COPPER PRODUCTION FROM THE BLACKBIRD MINE,LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. PART II IN METALL. PROCESSING BUMINES, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, CONFIDENTIAL REPT, JUNE, 1966}{Reserve-Resource:: BENNETT, E.H., RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE BLACKBIRD MOUNTAIN-PANTHER CREEK REGION. LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO. IDAHO BUMINES AND GEOL. PAMP. NO. 167.}
ReporterCausey, J. Douglas, Fisher, Fred S., Puffett, Willard P., Buckingham, David A.