Mine detail: Salvail Mine

Previously called 'Bernice Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.35046, -112.14477

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Arsenic, Antimony
Ore:	Bournonite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1903

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Boulder Batholith, North Vein Offset 60 Ft. By Northeast-Trending Fault
Alteration processes:	Primary Sulfides Altered To Bournonite Altered To Covellite

References

MRDS	DB02190
DEP	10015904
Reference	{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 49, 53, 110.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 842, P. 237-8, PL. 39.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 33, P. 13.}{Production:: MBMG BULL 16, P. 110.}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)