Idaho · Valley County
Prospect

Ketchum Claim

Valley County, Idaho, United States
Semiprecious GemstoneSilica
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Description

Swanson And Lewis

Commodities
PrimarySemiprecious Gemstone
TertiarySilica
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFault
Materials
Ore mineralsOpal
Geology
Host rockRhyolite
Associated rockRhyolite · Challis Volcanics-Porphyritic Rhyolite
StructureBrecciation
AlterationFe Oxides, Chlorite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10070938
MRDS IDW014086
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.96738, -115.04485
References
CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P, P. 333-3471973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130