Mine detail: Spanish Town Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.70739, -115.25344

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Copper, Silver, Arsenic
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Granophyre, Porphyritic Dikes
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Plutonic Rock,Granite
Alteration processes:	Fe Stains

References

MRDS	W007846
MAS	160390028
DEP	10070013
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of The Gold - Bearing Lodes Of Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 34.}{Deposit:: Idaho Dept. Of Labor And Industrial Services, July 1974-June 1975, First Annual Rept. Addendum, 95p.}{Deposit:: 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol., Pam. 6}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 34}
Reporter	Steigner, William D., Everett, Sandra E., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)