Mine detail: Eldorado Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.24128, -113.67591

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1905

Geology

Host rock:Lemhi
Host type:Quartzite
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW013354
DEP10070423
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112, 71 P.}{Deposit:: MACKENZIE, W. O., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A SECTION OF THE BEAVER HEAD 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: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 528, 82 P.}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY; BULL. 528}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 112, 71 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.)