Blackbird mine
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Blackbird mine Location in Idaho | |
| Location | Lemhi County |
| State | Idaho |
| Country | United States |
Blackbird mine was a large cobalt mining facility in Lemhi County, Idaho, United States.
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]
See also
Notes
- ^ The richest hole in the mountain. Popular Mechanics. May 1952.
- ^ a b "Blackbird Mine". Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
- ^ "BLACKBIRD CO-CU DEPOSITS (MODEL 24d; Earhart, 1986)" (PDF). USGS.
- ^ *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.
- ^ *"Blackbird Mine". NOAA.
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.
- Idaho Minerals. 1993.
- 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. 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). Bibcode:1990MinDe..25..163N. doi:10.1007/BF00190377.
- Sorensen, Darwin L.; Kneib, Walter A.; Porcella, Donald B.; Richardson, Bland Z. (1980). "Determining the Lime Requirement for the Blackbird Mine Spoil1". Journal of Environment Quality. 9: 162. 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). Bibcode:1993MinDe..28...99N. doi:10.1007/BF00196334.
- Anderson, A. L. (1947). "Cobalt mineralization in the Blackbird District, Lemhi County, Idaho". Economic Geology. 42: 22. 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.
- Roberts, W. A. (1953). "Metamorphic differentiates in the Blackbird mining district, Lemhi County, Idaho". Economic Geology. 48 (6): 447. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.48.6.447.