Mine detail: Klondike Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

48.86427, -116.23186

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Gold, Nickel
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation: Feldspathic Quartzite
Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Late Prec Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite;Wall Mountain Stock-Syenite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Gouge, Salvage On Vein Walls
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	W012846
MAS	160210056
DEP	10070138
Reference	{Deposit:: Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85, 31 P.}{Deposit:: 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 8}{Deposit:: Satkoski, 1979, Administrative Report Bia-54, P 9-15.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)