Mine detail: Cliff Prospect

Previously called 'Gaarden Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.24566, -116.66271

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Andesite
Associated rock:Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite, Tuffs
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:Gouge
Tectonic:Island Arc Volcanic Chain
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Bleached, Pyritization

References

MRDSW012794
MAS160030020
DEP10070104
Reference{Deposit:: Long, R.C., 1976 , Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Red Ledge Mine Area, Adams County, Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State Univ., M.S. Thesis, 115 P.}{Deposit:: Cook, E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 97, 22 P.}{Deposit:: Livingston, D.C., And Laney, F.B., 1920 , The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1 , P. 39}{Deposit:: 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin 1}{Deposit:: 1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamp. 97}{Deposit:: 1975 Compile 1st Ann. Rept. Add., Idaho Dept. Labo}{Deposit:: Close, T.J., And Others, Mineral Resources Of The Hells Canyon Wilderness Area And Portions Of The Hells Canyon National Recreation Study Area, Adams, Idaho, And Nez Perce Counties, Idaho, And Wallowa County, Oregon: Unpublished U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open File Report MLA 9-93, P. 98-100.}
ReporterBenjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick