Mine detail: Eagle Creek

Previously called 'Niagara'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.67567, -115.86133

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Stromeyerite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1974

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratabound
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Revett Formation, St. Regis Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Tectonic:Belt Basin

References

MAS160790572
DEP10218031
Reference{Deposit:: EARTH RESOURCES COMPANY., 1975, PRELIMINARY EVALUATION, EAGLE CREEK PROJECT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: INTERNAL MEMORANDUM, 26 P.}{Deposit:: HAGEN RESEARCH, INC. PRELIMINARY METALLURGICAL STUDIES ON EAGLE CREEK COPPER-SILVER ORE SAMPLES, LETTER TO EARTH RESOURCES CO., MARCH 5, 1975, 18 P.}{Deposit:: LANGE, I. M. AND R. A. SHERRY, 1983, GENESIS OF THE SANDSTONE (REVETT) TYPE OF COPPER-SILVER OCCURRENCES IN THE BELT SUPERGROUP OF NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHEASTERN IDAHO: GEOLOGY, V. 2, P. 643-646.}
ReporterLindsey, David S., Long, Keith R.