Mine detail: Buckeye Mine

Previously called 'Boston Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.39796, -112.29533

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc, Copper
Tertiary:	Arsenic
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1868

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDS	DB02160
DEP	10015885
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 25}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1151, P. 101.}{Production:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 25.}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)