Commodities
PrimaryGold
TertiaryZinc, Copper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePlacer
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFissure Zone; Contact Between Schist And Gneiss
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockGranite · Dike-Aplite;Granite;Dike-Pegmatite
AlterationOxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10071611
MRDS IDW015102
Alternate namesColonel, Colonel Sellers
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.85127, -115.42658
References
Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Elk City, Orogrande, Buffalo Hump, And Tenmile Districts, Idaho County, Idaho: USGS Circ. 9, 89 P.Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology Of The Elk City Mining District, Idaho: Am. Inst. Mining And Metall. Engineers Tech. Pub. 562, 22 P.Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.Bell, R. N., 1907, Eight Annual Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 19065) Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974, 98 P.1907 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Report1934 Recon P. J. Shenon And J. C. Reed, Circ. 91938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 70391975 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Rept.Idaho Consolidated Metals Corporation, News Release.Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, USGS Circ. 9