Mine detail: Banner Mine

Previously called 'Tip Top'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.00908, -116.75517

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Fluorite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Rhyolite,Latite,Basalt
Associated rock:Owyhee Volcanics-Rhyolite, Basalt, Latite;Cret-Tert
Associated type:Diorite,Rhyolite,Latite,Basalt
Alteration processes:Sericitization; Clay Seams; Kaolin

References

MRDSW007651
DEP10069892
Reference{Deposit:: ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, ID.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.}{Deposit:: FLETCHER, G. D., 1962 , 63RD ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1962}{Deposit:: PANSZE, A. J., JR., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER CITY-DELAMAR-FLINT REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161 , 79 P.}{Deposit:: 1939 DIREXPL MORRISON - KNUDSEN CO, INC.}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161}{Production:: ASHER, R. R., 1968 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138}
ReporterBenjamin, David A.