Mine detail: Whitlatch-Union Mine

Previously called 'Owyhee and Mcintye Inclines'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.54796, -112.09366

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1864

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Polymetallic veins
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith
Alteration processes:	Slight Oxidation

References

MRDS	DB02105
DEP	10015848
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 210.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 527, P. 99-100.}{Deposit:: MBMG MEM 31, P. 56-57.}{Production:: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEO. MEM. 31, P. 56-57.}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)