Mine detail: Saunders Mine

Previously called 'Hiatt'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.97458, -115.91626

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc, Gold
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Sericite

References

MRDS	W007603
DEP	10069865
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C, P. 312}{Deposit:: 1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A. L. BULL. 944 -}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R., Steigner, William D.