Mine detail: Idaho Gold Chief Prospect

Previously called 'Tip TopBar LodeHenry Clay LodeChieftain Consolidated'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.68708, -115.29484

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	SEAMS AND STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Batholith
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Lamprophyre
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W007852
MAS	160390034
DEP	10070017
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. 38.}{Deposit:: Jones, R.W., 1959, Idaho Gold Chief: Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.}{Deposit:: Mining Industry Of Idaho, 1973-1974, Seventy-First Annual Report, 98 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 6}
Reporter	Steigner, William D., Siefken, Robert R., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)