CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
95 United States (Idaho) 47.28 N -- 115.44 W Snowstorm; Coeur D'alene Region Cu; Ag; Au
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Snowstorm; Coeur D'alene Region
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Idaho
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; dissem in and replaces siliceous cement of quartzite
Commodities: Cu; Ag; Au
Geological ages: Middle Proterozoic (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite
Individual lithologies:quartzite
Host rock stratigraphy:Revett Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem in & replaces siliceous cement of quartzite; much of ore is oxidized/ 3.5 - 4% crude Cu ore; bornite/chalcocite/chalcopyrite & tetrahedrite
References:
Anonymous, 1933
Los Yacimientos Y La Mineria Del Cobre En Espana
in Copper Resources of the World, Edited by Anonymous, 16th International Geological Congress, Washington D C, George Banta Publishing Company, Menasha, Wisconsin, 855 p, p. 621 - 634

Clark, A. L., 1971
Strata-Bound Copper Sulphides in the Precambrian Belt Supergroup, Northern Idaho and Northwestern Montana
in Papers and Proceedings of the Seventh General IMA-IAGOD Meeting, Tokyo-Kyoto, 27 August-2 September, 1970, Edited by Takeuchi, Y.; Tatsumi, T.; Takenouchi, S.; Miyazawa, T.; Kanehira, K.; Sekine, Y.; Kato, A.; Fuji, T.; Isihara, S., Special Issue, Society of Mining Geologists of Japan, International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD), Mining Geology, 3, 500 p, p. 261 - 267

Gott, G. B., 1980
Geochemical-Exploration Studies in the Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho and Montana
Professional Paper, United States Geological Survey, Publication code 1116, 41 p.

Kinkle, A. R., 1962
Copper in the United States
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, MR-13

Production data: 589,670.1 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 4.2 percent
Reference: Balla, J. C., 1985: Personal Communication, Manager, Asarco Limited (Northwest Exploration Division)
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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