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Field guide to selected sites along the Idaho Cobalt Belt (ICB) and to the Beartrack Gold Deposit, in the eastern Salmon River Mountains

Arthur A. Bookstrom·George King·Robert A. Perry·John Childs
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This field guide provides a road log to and geologic descriptions of selected sites in the Idaho cobalt belt, and at the Beartrack gold mine, in the eastern Salmon River Mountains.

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Arthur A. Bookstrom, George King, Robert A. Perry, John Childs. 2013. Field guide to selected sites along the Idaho Cobalt Belt (ICB) and to the Beartrack Gold Deposit, in the eastern Salmon River Mountains. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70193899

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