Mine detail: Ternan Belshazzar Group

Previously called 'Idawa Development Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.94298, -116.01206

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENSES AND KIDNEYS
Discovery year: 1875

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Diorite Porphyry, Rhyolite Porphyry
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Alteration processes:Gouge

References

MRDSW007566
DEP10069843
Reference{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.}{Deposit:: BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IBM & G BULL. 9, 103 P.}{Deposit:: ROSS, CLYDE P., 1933, SOME LODE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U.S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 846 - D, P. 264.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944-C. P. 277 - 282}{Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 9}{Deposit:: 1933 OTHER C. P. ROSS, BULL. 846 - D}{Deposit:: 1947 GEOLMAP A. L. ANDERSON BULL. 944-C.}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE US BUREAU OF MINES, 1974 MINING ACTIVITY}{Production:: ROSS, CLYDE P., 1933, USGS BULL. 846 - D}
ReporterMurphy, Lyn S.