Mine detail: Mountain Chief Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.93766, -116.02902

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Bismuth
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue: Bismuth, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: BUNCHES, STREAKS, LENSES
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1870

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Rhyolite Porphyry
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Gouge Filling
Alteration processes:Oxidized

References

MRDSW007601
DEP10069864
Reference{Deposit:: BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO,: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9, P. 61.}{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. 268}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944-C, P. 274 - 277}{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.}{Production:: BALLARD, S. M., 1924, ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9}
ReporterMurphy, Lyn S.