Idaho · Boise County
Past Producer

Comeback Mine

Boise County, Idaho, United States
SilverZincLeadGoldCopper
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Description

Joseph Gornick, Louis Painich

Commodities
PrimarySilver, Zinc, Lead
SecondaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFracture Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite · Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Quartz Monzonite;Porphyry Dikes
AlterationSericitized
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1928
Discovery year1920
Identification
Deposit ID10090093
MRDS IDW014412
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.00849, -115.89263
References
ROSS, C. P., 1934, SOME LODE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL 846-D, PP. 239-285.USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974: USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 119 - 319.CAMPBELL, A., 1945, FORTY - SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1944.5) BELL, R. N., 1935, THE GOLD RESOURCES OF IDAHO: MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 37, NO. 33, P. 6-7.1934 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 846 - D1945 COMPILE 46TH ANN. IDAHO STATE INSPECTOR'S REPT., 19441947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A. L., BULL. 944-C.1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974ITEM 1, CAMPBELL, A., 1945, 46TH ANNUAL REPORT; ITEM 8, BELL, R. N., 1935, MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 37, NO. 33