Mine detail: Talache Mine

Previously called 'Little Joe Brown BearKeystoneB. F. and H.ArmsteadBlacktail'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.13956, -116.48435

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc, Antimony
Ore: Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL, RIBBON
Discovery year: 1895

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1906

Geology

Host rock:Wallace Form.-Quartzite, Limy Argillite & Siltite;St. Regis Form.-Argillite And Siltite;Revett Form.-Quartzite And Siltite;Burke Form.-Siltite, Argillite
Host type:Silt,Quartzite,Argillite
Structure:Faults With Minor Displacement Are Common; Minor Folds In Strata; Granodiorite Stock Nearby
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Silicification, Chlorite, Sericite, Bleaching

References

MRDSW007748
DEP10069948
Reference{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.}{Deposit:: ZARTMAN, R. E., AND STACEY, J. S., 1971, LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.}{Deposit:: SAMPSON, E. 1928, GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET, NO. 31, 25 P.}{Deposit:: GREEN, W.R., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKBIRD MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION, 108 P.}{Deposit:: 5) MINING RECORD, AUG. 4 , 1976}{Deposit:: HUMPHREYS, R.M., AND LEATHAM, EARL, 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TALACHE MINE: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, UNPUBLISHED THESIS, 16 P.}{Deposit:: 1917 DIREXPL H. M. ARMSTEAD}{Deposit:: 1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31{ 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6 {{ 1969 DIREXPL COMINCO AMERICAN, INC., GREEN, PHD}{Deposit:: DIREXPL JAMES A. EVANS (EARLY 190*)}{Production:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 6, 131 P. ITEMS 9 - 12 , GREEN, W.R., 1976 , WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.