Mine detail: Wide West Mine

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Location: Elmore County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.67628, -115.30064
dep_id: 10070015
mrds_id: W007850
mas_id: 160390032
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: STRINGERS, BUNCHES, LENSES
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Steigner, William D., Siefken, Robert R., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Idaho Batholith
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
References:
  • 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. 3
  • Deposit:: 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol., Pam. 6
  • Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 36
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