Mine detail: American Girl Mine

Previously called 'Big Pay Day Mining Company'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.91797, -116.33047

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite, Argillite
Host type:	Quartzite,Granite
Structure:	Bethlehem Fault Which Strikes N 40 Deg W, Dips 45 Deg Sw, And Is About 100 Ft. Wide., Fractures Associated With The Bethlehem Fault. Gouge. Brecciation. Narrow Vein Strikes Perpendicular To Latter And Dips Steeply Se.

References

MRDS	W012848
MAS	160210016
DEP	10070140
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F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ.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:: Kirkham, V. R. D., And Ellis, E. W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 10, 78 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 And Geol. Pamphlet 85, 31 P.}{Deposit:: Bishop, Don, Geology Of Boundary County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet, In Preparation.}{Deposit:: 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10}{Deposit:: 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85}{Deposit:: Soper 1918 Mining And Sci Press V 116 P 126}{Deposit:: Le Moine 1959 Ms Thesis Univ Of Idaho Moscow, Idaho}{Deposit:: King 1964 Id Bur Mines And Geol Sp Rept No 1 P 133-138}{Production:: Bishop. D., 1973, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet In Prep.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D., King, Robert U.