Mine detail: Oro Cache Mine

Previously called 'Ore CashFreemanCaliforniaIdaho VeinsMarc Claims'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.28349, -113.69281

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Copper, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue: Limonite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, DISCONTINUOUS

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1897
Last production ended: 1912

Geology

Host rock:Lemhi
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Miner Lake Fault

References

MRDSW013296
MAS160590156
DEP10070390
Reference{Deposit:: Mackenzie, W. O., 1949, Geology And Ore Deposits Of A Section Of The Beaverhead Range, East Of Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 52 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology and Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho; USGS Bulletin528, P.125, 126}{Deposit:: Bell, Robert N., 1904, Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1903, P. 105.}{Deposit:: Peters, D. W., 1976, Divide Planning Unit- Salmon Nat For Rept}{Deposit:: Min Res Of Us, 1912-1915, For Years 1911-1914}{Deposit:: Lipton, D. A., And Others, 1988, Mineral Resources Of The West Big Hole Study Area, Beaverhead County, Montana: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open File Report MLA 16-88, Appendix B, No. 8, P. 102-105; Plate 1, No. 16.}
ReporterBainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat, Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Lipton, David A.