Mine detail: Gold Hill Mine

Previously called 'Consolidated Gold Hill and Iowa Groups Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.96155, -115.98013

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetradymite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, LENSES, SEAMS, BUNCHES
Discovery year: 1862

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1864

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Rhyolite,Granite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Diorite, Granite;Dikes-Rhyolite Porphyry, Dacite, Quartz Monzonite Porphyry, Lamprophyre
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite,Dacite,Lamprophyre,Granite
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Silicified, Sericitization, Bleaching

References

MRDSW007615
DEP10069872
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, 103 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 257-265.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C.P., 1934, SOME LODE DEPOSITS IN THE NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 846-D, P. 239-277.}{Deposit:: JONES, E.L. JR., 1916, LODE MINING IN THE GRIMES PASS PORPHYRY BELT, BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 640, P. 83-111.}{Deposit:: 5) USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974: USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61P.}{Deposit:: 6) IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, JULY 1974-JUNE 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM.}{Deposit:: 5) HUTTL, J.B., 1937, BOISE BASIN GOLD: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 138, NO. 6, P. 297-298.}{Deposit:: 1916 GEOLMAP JONES, E.L.JR., BULL. 640}{Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 9}{Deposit:: 1934 GEOLMAP ROSS, C.P., BULL. 846-D.}{Deposit:: 1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE IDA. DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES}{Production:: BALLARD, S. M., 1924, ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9 ; ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944-C.}
ReporterMurphy, Lyn S., Everett, Sandra E.