Mine detail: Italian Mine

Previously called 'Golden Fissure'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.2244, -114.1972

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Quartz, Specularite
Orebody form: STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1892

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Granite
Structure:Fractures, Joints
Alteration processes:Fe - Stains, Sericite

References

MRDSW013505
MAS160590043
DEP10070534
Reference{Deposit:: Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 P}{Deposit:: 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 52}{Production:: Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 528.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)