Commodities
PrimaryLead, Silver
SecondaryGold
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formLENSES
Ore controlFracture Zone Up To 40 Ft Wide, Fissures
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Lamprophyre, Diabase Dikes
StructureYounger Lamprophyre Dikes Intrude Fracture Zone
AlterationSericitization, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1881
Identification
Deposit ID10070648
MRDS IDW013668
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.4739, -114.3469
References
ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, 73 P.UMPLEBY, J. B. AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245.BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906.MOORE, F. C., 1910, ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909.1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 8141949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90ITEMS 7-11, UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814; ITEM 17, BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL MINING REPORT.