CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
93 United States (Idaho) 47.30.30 N -- 115.45.00 W National; Rex - Snowstorm Cu
 
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): National; Rex - Snowstorm
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: Idaho
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; disseminated in quartzite
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Helikian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; quartzite
Individual lithologies:quartzite
Host rock stratigraphy:Revett Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) disseminated in quartzite
References:
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.

Production data: 154,221.4 metric ton ore; Provisional entry?: yes; Yearly or summary?: S
Grade-commodity information:Cu: 0.77 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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