Mine detail: Clipper Bullion Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.36848, -114.27733

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Barite, Iron, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1887

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Lamprophyre, Granite
Associated type:Gneiss
Structure:Minor Faults, Brecciation
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Leaching , Fe Stains

References

MRDSW013499
DEP10070529
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.}{Deposit:: JACOBS, M. H., 1903, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1902.}{Deposit:: GRAY, F.A., 1927, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL HILL DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA, PHD THESIS}{Deposit:: 1903 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1902}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, BULL. 528}{Production:: GRAY, F.A., 1927, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA PHD THESIS}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)