Idaho · Shoshone County
Producer

Gold Hunter Mine

Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
SilverZincLeadCopperGoldAntimony
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Description

J.G. Hunter and F.A. Moore

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Zinc, Lead
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryGold, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL VEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore control"Shear Zone"
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Tetrahedrite
GangueQuartz, Siderite, Pyrite, Barite, Arsenopyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · "Wallace Formation", "St. Regis Formation", "Revett Formation"
Structure"Gold Hunter vein is hosted by a small fault sympathetic to the Osburn Fault immediately south of the mine."
Tectonic setting"Belt Basin"
Alteration"Sericite; Disseminated carbonate forms halos around veins."
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1887-1893, 1895-1897, 1900-1952, 1954, 1997-Present (2005)
First production1887
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10078405
MRDS IDW026716
Alternate namesHunter Ranch Property
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.48237, -115.78292
References
{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 260 , P. 274 - 303 .}{Deposit:: Linforth, F.A., and Billingsley, Paul, 1916, Report on the Gold Hunter mine, Shoshone County, Idaho: Butte, Montana, Anaconda Copper Mining Co., 7 p. [Anaconda Collection 21703.01]}{Deposit:: Linforth, F.A., 1924, Report on Gold Hunter mine, Shoshone County, Idaho: Butte, Montana, Anaconda Copper Mining Co., 7 p. [Anaconda Collection 21703.01]}{Deposit:: Smith, E. Percy, 1913, Report on the property of the Gold Hunter Mining & Smelting Company, 21 p.}{Deposit:: Anderson, R.L., 2000, Geology of the Gold Hunter mine, Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 5, p. 2.}