Mine detail: Mariah Mine

Previously called 'Black Maria'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.55986, -117.07181

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
Gangue: Calcite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Latite
Associated type:Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.
Tectonic:Island Arc
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Chloritization, Sericitization

References

MRDSW012778
MAS160870053
DEP10070095
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMP. 95, 26 P.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1920, TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 87 - 88.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1963, SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 58, NO. 8, P. 1195 - 1217.}{Deposit:: TURNER, H. W., 1908, ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.}{Deposit:: 5) LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 19.}{Deposit:: 1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919}{Deposit:: 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 13}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.}
ReporterBenjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick