Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Lead
TertiaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR LENSES, BUNCHES, STRINGERS
Ore controlFractures And Brecciated Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
GangueCalcite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTuff,Andesite
Associated rockTuff,Andesite · Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Tuff, Rhyolite
StructureGouge
AlterationSericitization, Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10071912
MRDS IDW015681
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.5941, -113.59228
References
ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, 70 P.ANDERSON, A. L., 1940 , AIKINITE AND SILVER ENRICHMENT AT THE ST. LOUIS MINE, BUTTE COUNTY, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 35 , NO. 4 , P. 520 - 533.UMPLEBY, J. B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MACKAY REGION, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 97, 129 P.1917 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., PROF. PAPER 971929 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32