Mine detail: Sheep Creek Mine

Previously called 'SunriseSunset'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.44709, -113.82532

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Copper, Lead, Silver
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	STRINGERS

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Lemhi
Host type:	Quartzite

References

MRDS	W013338
MAS	160590138
DEP	10070412
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P}{Deposit:: Lorain, S. H., And Metzger, O. H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P}
Reporter	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC), Miller, Pat J., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)