Blackbird mine
Blackbird mine was a large cobalt mining facility in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States.
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Blackbird mine Location in Idaho | |
| Location | Lemhi County |
| State | Idaho |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 45°7′2″N 114°20′33″W |
Mining for gold started in 1893 and the cobalt content was recognized in 1901. The mine produced copper and cobalt between 1902 and 1968.[1][2]
The deposit still holds considerable amounts of copper and cobalt.[3][4]
The mine site became a superfund site and was cleaned up in the 1990s.[2][5][6][7]
Notes
- The richest hole in the mountain. Popular Mechanics. May 1952.
- "Blackbird Mine". Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
- "BLACKBIRD CO-CU DEPOSITS (MODEL 24d; Earhart, 1986)" (PDF). USGS.
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- United States, Office of Technology Assessment. Strategic materials : Technologies to reduce U.S. Import vulnerability. ISBN 9781428923515.
- "Blackbird Mine". Environmental Protection Agency.
- "PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT, BLACKBIRD MINE, COBALT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO". EPA.
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- "Blackbird Mine". NOAA. Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
References
- Steele, Russell (2009). Cobalt: The Legacy of the Blackbird Mine. ISBN 978-0-9729108-0-4.
- Blackbird Mine Site Remedial Investigation, Lemhi County, Idaho. 2001.
- Bulletin - Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology. 1983.
- Ream, Lanny R. (1993). Idaho Minerals. ISBN 9780928693027.
- Mok, W.M.; Wai, C.M. (1989). "Distribution and mobilization of arsenic species in the creeks around the Blackbird mining district, Idaho". Water Research. 23: 7–13. doi:10.1016/0043-1354(89)90054-7.
- Nold, J.L. (1990). "The Idaho cobalt belt, northwestern United States ? A metamorphosed Proterozoic exhalative ore district". Mineralium Deposita. 25 (3): 163. Bibcode:1990MinDe..25..163N. doi:10.1007/BF00190377. S2CID 129640922.
- Sorensen, Darwin L.; Kneib, Walter A.; Porcella, Donald B.; Richardson, Bland Z. (1980). "Determining the Lime Requirement for the Blackbird Mine Spoil1". Journal of Environmental Quality. 9: 162–166. doi:10.2134/jeq1980.00472425000900010034x.
- Nash, J.T.; Connor, J.J. (1993). "Iron and chlorine as guides to stratiform Cu-Co-Au deposits, Idaho Cobalt Belt, USA". Mineralium Deposita. 28 (2): 99. Bibcode:1993MinDe..28...99N. doi:10.1007/BF00196334. S2CID 129451149.
- Anderson, A. L. (1947). "Cobalt mineralization in the Blackbird District, Lemhi County, Idaho". Economic Geology. 42: 22–46. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.42.1.22.
- Bending, J. Scott; Scales, W. G. (2001). "New production in the Idaho Cobalt Belt: a unique metallogenic province". Applied Earth Science. 110 (2): 81–87. doi:10.1179/aes.2001.110.2.81. S2CID 140634485.
- Roberts, W. A. (1953). "Metamorphic differentiates in the Blackbird mining district, Lemhi County, Idaho". Economic Geology. 48 (6): 447–456. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.48.6.447.
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