Mine detail: Wasa Mine

Previously called 'Simmer Jack'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.49656, -113.09452

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Antimony, Cadmium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Discovery year:	1910

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Kootenai Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Dunkleberg Anticline, Wasa-Shamrock Fault, Royal Stock
Alteration processes:	Oxidation Not More Than 50 Ft Below The Surface.

References

MRDS	W007458
DEP	10069777
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 660, P. 244-46.}{Deposit:: USBM REPT INVES 5014, P. 9, 10, FIG. 3, 4A, 5-8.}{Deposit:: FS FIELD REPORT}{Production:: USBM REPT INVES 5014.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)