Mine detail: Wabash Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.44765, -115.49795

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Wallace Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Consists Of Subparallel Faults And Folds. Major Fault Is The Osburn. This Fault Seems To Demarcate To Change In Folding Form With Folds To The North Showing Signs Of More Intense Structural Deformation Than Those To The South
Tectonic:Belt Basin
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Within A Belt Approx 1 Mi Wide Along The North Side Of The Osburn Fault Zone. It Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits

References

MRDSD004167
DEP10010490
Reference{Deposit:: WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MON*USGS BULL 1027-MP 605.}{Deposit:: SWALLOW, G. C., INSPECTOR OF MINES AND DEPUTY INSPECTOR OF MINE*P. 95, 11/30/1889.}
ReporterChesson, Sharon A. (Orris, Greta J.)