Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead
TertiaryCopper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formTABULAR, DISCONTINUOUS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
GangueLimonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Lemhi
StructureMiner Lake Fault
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1897
Last production1912
Identification
Deposit ID10070390
MRDS IDW013296
Alternate namesOre Cash, Freeman, California, Idaho Veins, Marc Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.28349, -113.69281
References
Mackenzie, W. O., 1949, Geology And Ore Deposits Of A Section Of The Beaverhead Range, East Of Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 52 P.Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology and Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho; USGS Bulletin528, P.125, 126Bell, Robert N., 1904, Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1903, P. 105.Peters, D. W., 1976, Divide Planning Unit- Salmon Nat For ReptMin Res Of Us, 1912-1915, For Years 1911-1914Lipton, D. A., And Others, 1988, Mineral Resources Of The West Big Hole Study Area, Beaverhead County, Montana: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open File Report MLA 16-88, Appendix B, No. 8, P. 102-105; Plate 1, No. 16.