Mine detail: Ada Elmore Lode

Previously called 'ElmorePittsburg'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.68988, -115.30764

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDSW007895
DEP10070042
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1943, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD - BEARING LODES, ROCKY BAR DISTRICT, ELMORE CO., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 65 P. 25}{Deposit:: WAGNER, W.R.T., 1939, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY BAR DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, 32 P.}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 6}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1943, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 65, P. 25}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R., Steigner, William D.