Bulldog Prospect

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•44.59018, -115.15065View on Map Open in Google Maps

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Bulldog Prospect is a mineral prospect in Custer, Idaho, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Vein deposit hosted in Quartz Monzonite. Reported specimens include Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Galena, Gold; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz.

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AzuriteChalcopyriteChrysocollaCopperGalenaGoldMagnetiteMalachitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type: Vein
Host rock: Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock: Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite — Quartz Monzonite

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteGalenaSphalerite

Gangue minerals

MagnetitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartz

Mining history

Status: Prospect

Records and references

Cited references

UMPLEBY, J. B., AND LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 3, 23 P1920 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. TREVES SAMUAL B 1953 UNIV OF IDAHO MS THESIS 44P

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10096309 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 44.59018, -115.15065

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