Mine detail: Delmar Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.26239, -113.96312

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Ore:	Galena, Malachite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Contact Zone, Granitic Pluton
Tectonic:	Medicine Lodge Thrust System
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Gouge, Silicification.

References

MRDS	W013349
DEP	10070421
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:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1958, THORITE AND RARE EARTH DEPOSITS IN THE LEMHI PASS AREA, LEMHI CO., IDAHO (ABS): MINING ENG. JOUR., V. 10, NO. 12, P. 1242 - 1243.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 528.}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J.B., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 528.}{Deposit:: 1959 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 118}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)