Bibliography of the Geology of the Idaho Batholith
Bibliography ofthe Geology ofthe Idaho Batholith
Earl H. Bennett
Technical Report 79-5 Idaho Geological Survey 1979 University of Idaho Moscow, ld,lho 83844 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY
OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH
by 1 Earl H. Bennett
This bibliography is not intended to be a complete listing of literature on the Idaho batholith, but it will enable the user to quickly familiarize himself with pertinent information on the bathOlith.
Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology and ore deposits of the Lava Creek
district, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and "Geology Pamphlet 32,
70 p.
------, 1939, Geology and are deposits of the Atlanta district,
Elmore County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 49,
71 p.
------, 1942, Endomorphism of the Idaho batholith: Geological
Society of America Bulletin, v. 53, p. 1101-1126.
------, 1947, Geology and ore deposits of Boise Basin, Idaho: U. S.
Geological Survey Bulletin 944-C, p. 113-319.
------, 1948, Role of the Idaho batholith during the Laramide orogeny:
Economic Geology, v. 43, p. 84-99.
------, 1951, Metallogenic epochs in Idaho: Economic Geologist,
v. 46, p. 592-607.
------, 1952a, Magmatic source of Idaho ores: Northwest Science,
v. 26, p. 55-60.
1 Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, Moscow, Idaho 83843 2
------1952b, Multiple emplacement of the Idaho batholith: Journal
of Geology, v. 60, p. 255-265.
Anderson, A. L. and Veral Hammerund, 1940, Contact and endomorphic
phenomena associated with a part of the Idaho batholith: Journal
of Geology, v. 48, no. 6, p. 561-589.
Anderson, A. L. and A. C. Rasor, 1934, Composition of a part of the
Idaho batholith) Boise County, Idaho: American Journal of Science,
v. 27, no. 160, p. 287-294.
Armstrong, R. L., 1974) Geochronometry of the Eocene volcanic-plutonic
episode in Idaho: Northwest Geology, v. 3, p. 1-15.
------, 1975a, The geochronometry of Idaho: Isocron/West, no. 14,
50 p.
------, 1975b) Precambrian (1500 m.y. old): rocks of central Idaho-
the Salmon River Arch and its role in cordilleran sedimentation
and tectonics: American Journal of Science, v. 275-A, p. 437-467.
------, 1976a, The geochronometry of Idaho: Isocron/West, no. 15,
p. 1-33.
------, 1976b, Geochronometry of the Idaho batholith and nearby r~cks:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 8, no. 3, p. 350-351.
------, 1979, Cenozoic igneous history of the U. S. Cordillera from 42
to 49 degrees north latitude: Geological Society of America
Memoir 152.
Armstrong, R. L., V. F. Hollister, and J. E. Harakel, 1978) K/Ar dates
for mineralization in the White C1oud-Cannivan porphyry molybdenum
belt of Idaho and Montana: Economic Geology, v. 73, p. 94-108. 3
Armstrong, R. L., W. H, Taubeneck, and P. O. Hales, 1976, Rb/Sr and
K/Ar geochronometry of granite rocks west of the Idaho batholith in
western Idaho and northeast Oregon: Geological Society of America,
Abstracts with Programs, v. 8, no. 3, p. 350.
------, 1977, Rb/Sr and K/Ar geochronometry of the Mesozoic granitic
rocks and their Sr isotopic composition, Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 88, p. 397-411.
Basham, W. L. and E. E. Larson, 1978, Paleomagnetic evidence for
clockwise rotation in western Idaho, eastern Oregon, and northern
Nevada: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 10, no. 5, p. 210.
Beck, M, E., Jr., S. D. Ellis, and S. J. Beske, f972, Remanent magnetism
of intrusive rocks from the Idaho batholith: Nature, v. 240,
no. 101, p. 111-113.
Bennett, E. H., 1973, The petrology and trace element distribution of
part of the Idaho batholith compared to the White Cloud stock in
Custer County, Idaho: University of Idaho Ph.D. dissertation,
172 p.
------, 1974, The general geology of that part of the Northern
Rocky Mountain Province containing the Idaho batholith, in Idaho
Batholith Source Book: U. S. Forest Service Contract No. l032-R4-74.
------, 1977, Reconnaissance geology and geochemistry of the Blackbird
Panther Creek region, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines
and Geology Pamphlet 167, 107 p.
------in progress, Granitic rocks of Tertiary age in the Idaho
batholith and their relationship to mineralization: Manuscript
submitted to Economic Geology. 4
Bond, J. G., 1978, Geologic map of Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and
Geology.
Cater, F. W., D. M. Pinckney, W. S. Hamilton, R. L. Parker, R. D. Weldin,
T. J. Close, N. T. Zilka, B. F. Leonard, and W. E. Davis, 1973,
Mineral resources of the Idaho Primitive Area and vicinity: U. S.
Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 p.
Cater, F. W., D. M. Pinckney, and R. B. Stotelmeyer, 1975, Mineral
resources of the Clear Creek-Upper Big Creek study area, contiguous
to the Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: U. S. Geological
Survey Bulletin l39l-C, 41 p.
Chase, R. B., 1961, Petrology of the northeast borderzone of the Idaho
batholith: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Memoir 43, 28 p.
Chase, R. B., M. E. Bickford, and S. E. Tripp, 1978, Rh-Sr and U-Pb
iso~opic studies of the northeastern Idaho batholith and borderzone:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 89, p. 1325-1334.
Chase, R. B. and B. R. Johnson, 1977, Borderzone relationships of the
northern Idaho batholith: Northwest Geology, v. 6-1, p. 38-50.
Chase, R. B. and J. L. Talbot, 1973, Structural evolution of the Id~ho
batholith, western Montana [abstract]: Geological Society of
America Bulletin, v. 72, p. 1723.
Clayton, J. L., 1974, Clay mineralogy of soils in the Idaho batholith:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 85, no. 2, p. 229-232.
Criss, R. E., in progress, [for thesis subject, see following citation,
Criss and Taylor, 1978]: California Institute of Technology Ph.D.
dissertation. 5
Criss, R. E. and H. P. Taylor, Jr., 1978, Regional 180/160 and D/H
variations in granitic rocks of the southern half of the Idaho
batholith and the dimensions of the giant hydrothermal systems
associated with emplacement of the Eocene Sawtooth and Rocky Bar
plutons: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 10, no. 7, p. 384.
------, in preparation, Isotopic evidence for the relationship of
large-scale Eocene meteoric hydrothermal systems to mineral deposits
and cauldron subsidence in the Idaho batholith [abstract]: AIME
meeting, Littleton, Colorado.
DeRenne, Paul, 1~72, Geochemistry of the Idaho batholith: University of
Idaho M.S. thesis.
------, 1976, Rb-Sr isotope geology of the Idaho batholith and some
associated rocks: University of Idaho Ph.D. dissertation.
Dexter, J. J., R. B. Chase, and ~[. E. Bickford, 1979, U/Pb zircon ages
and crustal contamination of the northeastern Idaho batholith:
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 11,
no. 6.
Eldridge, G. H., 1895, A geological reconnaissance across Idaho: U. S.
Geological Survey 16th Annual Report, Part II, p. 217-276.
Ellis, S. D., 1970, Reconnaissance paleomagnetism and geotectonics of
the Idaho batholith: Western Washington State College M.S. thesis.
Ferguson, J. A., 1972, Fission track and K/Ar dates on the northeastern
borderzone of the Idaho batholith: University of Montana M.S.
thesis. 6
------1975, Tectonic implications of some geochronometric data from
the northeastern borderzone of the Idaho batholith: Northwest
Geology, v. 4, p. 53-58.
Grauert, Borwin and A. W. Hoffman, 1973, Old radiogenic lead components
in zircons from the Idaho batholith and its metasedimentary aureole:
Carnegie Institute Washington Yearbook 72, p. 297-299.
Greenwood, W. R. and O. A. Morrison, 1973, Reconnaissance geology of the
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area: Idaho Bureau of Mines and
Geology Pamphlet 154, 30 p.
Hall, W. E., R. O. Rye, and B. R. Doe, 1978, Wood River mining district,
Idaho, intrusion-related lead-silver deposits derived from country
rock source: U. S. Geological Survey, Journal of Research, v. 6,
no. 5, p. 579-592.
Hamilton, Warren, 1958, Plutonic history of west-central Idaho [abstract]:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 69, no. 12, pt. 2,
p. 1727.
Henrickson, T. A., S. J. Skurla, and C. W. Field, 1972, K-Ar dates for
plutons from the Iron Mountain and Sturgill Peak area of western
Idaho: Isochron/West, no. 5, p. 13-16.
Hietanen, Anna, 1963, Idaho batholith near Pierce and Bungalow, Clearwater
County, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 3440,
44 p.
Hyndman, D. W., R. Badley, and D. Rebal, 1977, Northeast-trending early
Tertiary dike swarm in central Idaho and western Montana: Geological
Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 9, no. 6, p. 734. 7
Hyndman, D. W. and J. L. Talbot, 1976, The Idaho batholith and related
subduction complex: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran
Section, 72nd Annual Meeting, Field Guidebook, no. 4, 15 p.
Hyndman) D. W. and L. D. Williams, 1976, The northern Idaho batholith:
Geological Society of America) Abstracts with Programs, v. 8,
p. 384.
------, 1977, The Bitterroot lobe of the Idaho batholith: Northwest
Geology, v. 6-1, p. 1-16.
Johnson, B. R.) 1975, Migmatites along the northern border of the Idaho
batholith: University of Montana Ph.D. dissertation, 120 p.
Ke1l, R. E. and R. B. Chase, 1976, Multiphase deformation and
polymetamorphism along the north-central borderzone of the Idaho
batholith, Kelly Fork district, Clearwater County, Idaho:
Geo:ogical Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 8,
no. 4, p. 485-486.
Kirkham, V. R. D., 1931, Igneous geology of southwestern Idaho: Journal
of Geology, v. 39, no. 6, p. 564-591.
Langton, C. M., 1934, Geology of the northwestern part of the Idaho
bathOlith and adjacent region in Montana: University of Chicago
Ph.D. dissertation.
------, 1935, Geology of the northern part of the Idaho bathOlith:
Journal of Geology, v. 43, p. 27-60.
Larson, E. S., Jr.) and R. G. Schmidt, 1958, A reconnaissance of the
Idaho batholith and comparison with the Southern California
batholith: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin l07D-A, 32 p. 8
Larson, E. S., Jr., D. Gottfried, H, W. Jaffe, and C. L. Waring, 1958,
Lead-alpha ages of the Mesozoic batholiths of western North America:
U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1070-B, 61 p.
Leischner, L. M., 1959, Borderzone petrology of the Idaho batholith in
the vicinity of Lola Hot Springs, Montana: University of Montana
M.S. thesis, 76 p.
Leland, G. R., 1957, General geology and mineralization of the Mackay
stock area (Custer County, Idaho): University of Idaho M.S. thesis.
Leonard, B. F., 1976, The central part of the Idaho massif: Geological
Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 8, no. 3,
p. 389-390. 16 18 Lew1.s,. RD'. ., 1.n progress, [0 ;0 rat1.· 0 study 0'£ are bad'1.es and p1ut ons
near Stibnite, Idaho]: Purdue University Ph.D. dissertation.
Lindgren, Waldemar, 1904, A geological reconnaissance across the Bitterroot
Range and Clearwater Mountains in Montana and Idaho: U. S.
Geological Survey Professional Paper 27.
Lipman, P. W., H. J. Prostka, and R. L. Christiansen, 1972, Cenozoic
volcanism and plate tectonic evolution of the western United States,
Part I--Early and Middle Cenozoic: Philosophical Transactions of
the Royal Society of London, v. 271, p. 217-248.
McDowell, F. W. and J. L. KUlp, 1969, Potassium argon dating of the
Idaho batholith: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 80,
p. 2379-2382.
McIntyre, D. H., S. W. Hobbs, R. F. Marvin, and H. H. Melmert, 1976,
Late Cretaceous and Eocene ages for hydrothermal alteration and
mineralization, Bayhorse district and vicinity, Custer County,
Idaho: lsochron/West, no. 16, p. 11. 9
McIntyre, D. H., R. F. Marvin, H. H. Mehnert, C. W. Naeser, and K. Futa,
1978, Pre- Terti ary vo 1canic rocks in centra1 Idaho: I sochron/
West, no. 23, p. 29-31.
Miller, F. L. and J. C. Engels, 1975, Distribution and trends of
discordant ages of the plutonic rocks of northern Washington and
northern Idaho: Geological Society of America BUlletin, v. 86,
p. 517-528.
Moore, J. G., 1959, The quartz-diorite boundary line in the western
United States: Journal of Geology, v. 67, p. 198-210.
Moore, J. G., Arthur Grantz, and M. C. Blake, Jr., 1963, The quartz
diorite line in northwestern North America: U. S. Geological
Survey Professional Paper 450-E, p. 89-93.
Morrison, D. A., 1968, Petrology and structural analysis of the western
borderzone of the Idaho batholith: University of Idaho Ph.D.
dissertation, 126 p.
Mosher, William, in progress, [Tertiary granites in the Selway-Bitterroot
Wilderness Area]: University of Idaho Ph.D. dissertation.
Myers, P. E., 1972, Batholith emplacement in the Harpster region, Idaho:
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 4,
p. 206.
Nelson, W. H. and C. P. Ross, 1968, Geology of part of the Alder Creek
mining district, Custer County, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey
Bulletin 1252-A.
Nold, J. L., 1968, Geology of the northeastern borderzone of the Idaho
batholith, Idaho and Montana: University of Montana Ph.D.
dissertation, 159 p. 10
------1974, Geology of the northeastern borderzone of the Idaho
batholith: Northwest Geology, v. 3, p. 47-52.
Olson, H. J., 1968, The geology and tectonics of the Idaho porphyry belt
from the Boise Basin to the Casto quadrangle: University of Arizona
Ph.D. dissertation.
Onasch, C. M., 1972, Structural evolution of the western margin of the
Idaho batholith in the Riggins, Idaho area: Pennsylvania State
University Ph.D. dissertation.
------, 1976, Infrastructure-suprastructure relations and structural
mechanics along the Ivestern margin of the Idaho batholith:
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 8,
no. 3, p. 402.
Pacquett, A. L., Jr., 1971. Mineralogy and petrochemistry of the Mackay
dike swarm, Mackay, Idaho: University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
M.S. thesis.
Reid, R. R., 1963, Reconnaissance geology of the Sawtooth Range: Idaho
Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 129, 37 p.
Ross, C. P., 1928, Mesozoic and Tertiary granitic rocks in Idaho:
Journal of Geology, v. 36, p. 673-693.
------, 1931, A classification of the lode deposits of south-central
Idaho: Economic Geologist, no. 26, p. 169-185.
------, 1933a, The ore deposits of Idaho in relation to structure and
historical geology, in Waldemar Lindgren, Ore Deposits of the
Western States: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical
Engineering, p. 265-272.
------, 1933b, Some features of the Idaho batholith [abstract]:
Northwest Science, v. 7, no. 2, p. 33~34. 11
------1933c, Some features of the Idaho batholith [abstract]:
Washington Academy of Science Journal, v. 23, no. 8, p. 400-401.
------, 1933d, Some features of the Idaho batholith [abstract]: Pan
American Geology, v. 60, no. 2, p. 154.
------, 1934, Geology and are deposits of the Casto quadrangle, Idaho:
u. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 854, 135 p.
------, 1936, Some features of the Idaho batholith: International
Geological Congress Report, 16th Session, v. 1, p. 369-385.
------, 1963a, Evolution of ideas pertaining to the Idaho batholith:
Northwest Science, v. 37, p. 45-63.
------, 1963b, Modal composition of the Idaho batholith: U. S.
Geological Survey Professional Paper 475-C, p. C-86-C-90.
------, 1965, Idaho batholith [abstract): Geological Society of
America Special Paper 82, p. 343.
Ruppel, E. T., 1978, Medicine Lodge thrust system, east-central Idaho
and southwest Montana: U. S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 1031, 23 p.
Savage, C. N., 1961, Economic geology of central Idaho blacksand placers:
Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 17, 16 p.
Schmidt, D. L., 1958, Reconnaissance petrography of the Idaho batholith
in Valley County, Idaho [abstract]: Geological Society of America
Bulletin, v. 69, no. 12, pt. 2, p. 1704.
------, 1964, Reconnaissance petrographic cross-section of the Idaho
batholith in Adams and Valley Counties, Idaho: U. S. Geological
Survey Bulletin 118l-G, 50 p. 12
Schmidt, D. L. and J. H. Mackin, 1970, Quaternary geology of Long and
Bear Valleys, west-central Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey
Bulletin l311-A, 22 p.
Scholten, Robert and C. M. Onasch, 1976, Genetic relations between the
Idaho batholith and its deformed eastern and western margins:
Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 8,
p. 407.
------, 1977, Genetic relations between the Idaho batholith and its
eastern and western margins: Northwest Geology, v. 6-1, p. 25-37.
Siems, P. L., D. F. Albers, R. W. Malloy, V. E. Mitchell, and P. C.
Perley, 197~, Uranium potential and geology of the Challis Volcanics
of the Basin Creek-Yankee Fork area, Idaho: U. S. Department of
Energy Open-File Report BF EC-GJO-RFP-0068.
Siems, P. L. and R. W. Jones, 1977, The Challis volcanic field: a
review [abstract}: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with
Programs, v. 9, no. 6, p. 762.
Smith, J. G., E. H. McKee, D. B. Tatlock, and R. F. Marvin, 1971, Mesozoic
granitic rocks in northwestern Nevada: a link between the Sierra
Nevada and Idaho batholiths: Geological Society of America Bulletin,
v. 82, p. 2933-2944.
Stoll, W. C., 1950, Mica and beryl pegmatites in Idaho and Montana:
U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 229, 64 p.
Strowd, William, in progress, [Gamma ray spectrometry and petrography of
several Tertiary plutons in Idaho]: University of Idaho M.S.
thesis.
Swanberg, C. A., 1972, Vertical distribution of heat generation in the
Idaho batholith: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 77, p. 2508-2513. 13
Swanberg, C. A. and B. D. Blackwell, 1973, Area distribution and
geophysical significance of heat generation in the Idaho batholith
and adjacent intrusions in eastern Oregon and western Montana:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, p. 1261-1282.
Talbot, J. L., 1976, The structural environment of the northern Idaho
batholith: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 8, no. 3, p. 414-415.
------, 1977, The role of the Idaho batholith in the structure of the
northern Rocky Mountains, Idaho and Montana: Northwest Geology,
v. 6- I, p. 17- 24.
Talbot, J. L. and D. W. Hyndman, 1973, Relationship of Idaho batholith
structures to the Montana lineament: Northwest Geology, v. 2,
p. 48-52.
Taylor, ~. P., Jr., 1977, Water/rock interactions and the origin of H 0 2 in granitic batholith: Journal of the Geological Society of
London, v. 133, p. 509-558.
Taylor, H. P., Jr., and M. Margaritz, 1976, An oxygen and hydrogen
isotope study of the Idaho batholith [abstract]: EOS (Transac~ions
of the American Geophysical Union), v. 57, p. 350.
Taubeneck, W. H., 1971, Idaho batholith and its southern extension:
Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 82, p. 1899-1928.
Tschanz, C. M., T. H. Kiilsgaard, D. A. Seeland, R. M. VanNoy, R. D.
Evans, F. E. Federspiel, J. Ridenour, N. T. Zilka, E. T. Tuchek,
and A. G. McMahan, 1974, Mineral resources of the eastern part of
the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer and Blaine Counties,
Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Profile Report, 648 p. 14
Tripp, S. E. and R. B. Chase, 1976, RbjSr and UjPb geochronology of the
northeastern border of the Idaho batholith: Geological Society of
America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 8, no. 4, p. 514-515.
U. S. Geological Survey and Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1964,
Mineral and water resources of Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and
Geology Special Report No.1, 335 p., 88th Congress, 2nd Session,
Committee print, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
White, B. G., 1969, Structural analysis of a small area in the northeast
borderzone of the Idaho batholith: University of Montana M.S.
thesis.
White, W. H., 19~8, Plutonic rocks of the southern Seven Devils Mountains,
Idaho: Oregon State University Ph.D. dissertation.
Willard, P. D., 1972, Tertiary igneous rocks of northeastern Cache
Val~ey, Idaho: Utah State University M.S. thesis.
Williams, L. D., 1977, Petrology and petrography of a section across the
Bitterroot lobe of the Idaho batholith: University of Montana
Ph.D. dissertation.
------, 1977, Petrology of a section across the Bitterroot lobe of the
Idaho batholith: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with
Programs, v. 9, no. 6, p. 774.
Wiswall, Gil, in progress, [Petrologic and structural relationships of
the Selway River section through the Idaho batholith]: University
of Montana Ph.D. dissertation.
Ziebell, W. R., 1949, Minerals of the Idaho batholith: University of
Illinois M.S. thesis.