Mine detail: Mariah Mine

Previously called 'Black Maria'

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Location: Washington County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.55986, -117.07181
dep_id: 10070095
mrds_id: W012778
mas_id: 160870053
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
gangue: Calcite, Marcasite, Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation, Chloritization, Sericitization
conc_proc: Low Temperature And Pressure Hydrothermal Fluids; Supergene
ore_ctrl: Fracture Zones, Directed By Faults Of N 45 - 60 Deg W Trend And Steep Ne And Sw Dip
Reporter: Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick
hrock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic),Latite
arock_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
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 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.
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