Mine detail: Parker Mine

Previously called 'Western ReserveAmicusSt. LouisGondolierMontgomeryBlacksmith'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.69209, -114.29261

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Anthracite, Copper, Gold, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: LENS, BUNCHES, PINCHED, STRINGERS, POCKETS
Discovery year: 1883

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Milligen Form.-Argillite, Limestone
Host type:Argillite,Limestone
Associated type:Andesite
Structure:St. Louis Fault Strikes N 73 Deg E And Dips 48 Deg. Se; Slickensides
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW013584
DEP10070588
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, 73 P.}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1 - 245.}{Deposit:: JENNY, W. P., 1889, GRAPHITIC ANTHRACITE IN THE PARKER MINE, WOOD RIVER, IDAHO: COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY, V. 10, NO. 4, P. 313 - 315.}{Deposit:: JONES, R.W., 1959, PARKER GROUP, BALTIMORE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 814}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90}{Deposit:: 1959 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90; JENNEY, W. P., 1889, COLUMBIA SCH. OF MINES QUART., V. 10, NO. 4, P. 313 - 315}
ReporterMurphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat