Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold, Copper
TertiaryZinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Ore controlShear And Breccia Zones In The Dolomite And Phyllite
Materials
Ore mineralsCerargyrite, Smithsonite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockPhyllite,Dolomite · Garden Creek Phyllite, Dark-Gray Sericitic Phyllite;Bayhorse Dolomite, Gray Dolomite With Few Beds Of Slate;Ramshorn Slate, Conglomerate Facies & Tan Argillaceous Slate;Kinnikinic Quartzite, Lavender Fine-Grained Quartzites; Pebble Conglomerates
StructureIdaho Batholith, Bayhorse Anticline, Swigert Fault
Tectonic settingHinge Line, Geosyncline
AlterationSilicification Of Wall Rock
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1870
Discovery year1870
Identification
Deposit ID10069094
MRDS IDW002483
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.40929, -114.31732
References
UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO; USGS BULL. 539, P. 31-38, 64-67, 69ROSS, C. P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877, P. 148CHAMBERS, A. E. 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PART OF THE BAYHORSE MINING DISTRICT: UNPUBLISHED PH.D DISSERTATION, UNIV. OF ARIZONA1913 RECON UMPLEBY, J. B.1937 RECON ROSS, C. P.1945 DIREXPL A. S. & R. CO., LOCATED LOW GRADE ORE1949 DIREXPL W. B. SWIGERT & ASS., PROVED LOW GRADE ORE1958 DIREXPL BUNKER HILL CO., NO SULFIDE DISCOVEREDROSS, C. P., 1937 USGS BULL. 877CHAMBERS, A. E., 1966, PH.D DISSERTATION U. OF ARIZONA