Mine detail: Eagan Mine

Previously called 'Egan'

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Location: Washington County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.57176, -117.07271
dep_id: 10070085
mrds_id: W012765
mas_id: 160870032
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Antimony, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Shallow Epithermal Mineralization
ore_ctrl: Fractures, Faults Of Nw Trend.
Reporter: Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick
hrock_unit: Seven Devils Volcanics
hrock_type: Quartz Latite
arock_unit: Seven Devils Volcanics-Quartz Latite;Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend
tectonic: Island Arc
disc_yr: 1895
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.
  • Deposit:: SMOLAK, G.M., 1924 , AN INVESTIGATION OF THE METALLURGICAL TREATMENT OF A LOW GRADE SILVER ORE FROM THE MINERAL MINE AT MINERAL, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS; 51 P.
  • Deposit:: 1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9
  • Deposit:: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 27.
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