Mine detail: Esmerelda Mine

Previously called 'Emma GroupSilver King'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.86513, -118.21744

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Arsenic, Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:Argillite
Associated rock:Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM015762
DEP10033420
Reference{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO., P.676}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P.97}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19}
ReporterFerns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.