Mine detail: Texas Claim Mine

Previously called 'In Golconda Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.74488, -116.90569

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Lead
Secondary:	Copper, Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Actinolite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1868

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Al Limestone, Limestone
Host type:	Schist,Limestone
Associated rock:	Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Oxidized

References

MRDS	W007719
DEP	10069930
Reference	{Deposit:: SORENSON, R. E., 1927 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITSOF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 22 , 47 P.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1907 , SOUTH MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 83 , NO. 6 , P. 283 - 284.}{Deposit:: SHANNON, E. V., 1918, ON THE OCCURRENCE OF ILVAITE IN THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN DISTRICT: AM. JOUR. SCI., 4TH SER., VOL. 45, NO. 266, P. 118 - 125}{Deposit:: MC DOWELL, G. A., 1955 , 57TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1955.}{Deposit:: 1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMP. 22.}{Deposit:: 1934 DIREXPL EXPLOR. CO. OF CALIFORNIA}{Deposit:: 1946 DIREXPL SOUTH MOUNTAIN MIN. AND MLG. CO.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.