Mine detail: Minerva Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.77349, -115.11843

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Silica, Antimony
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	POD

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation ; Scorodite, Fe Oxides

References

MRDS	W007884
MAS	160390008
DEP	10070037
Reference	{Deposit:: Ballard, S. M., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar Quadrangle: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26, P. 34}{Deposit:: Anderson, A.L., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Atlanta District, Elmore County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 49, 71 P.}{Deposit:: Jones, R.W., 1959, Minerva: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Report.}{Deposit:: 1928 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26.}{Deposit:: 1939 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet49}{Deposit:: 1959 Other Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Open-File Report}{Production:: Ballard, S. M., 1928, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 26, P. 34 ; Anderson, A.L., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 49, 71 P.}
Reporter	Steigner, William D., Everett, Sandra E., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)