Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
TertiaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockAndesite · Challis Volcanics-Andesite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1878
Identification
Deposit ID10071101
MRDS IDW014319
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.37459, -114.66953
References
Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P.Stiles, C. A., 1976 , Geology And Alteration Of The West Fork Mayfield Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, P. 103 - 106 .Jacobs, M.H., 1902, Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1901, P. 23.U.S. Bur. Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 448, P. 211.Anderson, A. L., 1949, Idaho Bureau of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, P. 26.