Mine detail: Cliff Prospect

Previously called 'Gaarden Mine'

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Location: Adams County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.24566, -116.66271
dep_id: 10070104
mrds_id: W012794
mas_id: 160030020
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
alteration: Oxidation, Bleached, Pyritization
conc_proc: Secondary , Epigenetic
ore_ctrl: Fracture
Reporter: Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick
hrock_type: Andesite
arock_unit: Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite, Tuffs
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Gouge
tectonic: Island Arc Volcanic Chain
References:
  • 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Hells Canyon National Recreation Study Area, Adams, Idaho, And Nez Perce Counties, Idaho, And Wallowa County, Oregon: Unpublished U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open File Report MLA 9-93, P. 98-100.
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