Mine detail: Boulder Mines

Previously called 'Golden Glow and Boulder Consolidated'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.83909, -114.51232

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: LENSES, PODS, STRINGERS, BLEBS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Limestone, Dolomite, Slate, Argillite
Host type:Slate,Quartzite,Argillite,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:Sills, Dikes-Andesite Porphyry, Granite Porphyry
Associated type:Andesite,Granite

References

MRDSW013606
DEP10070604
Reference{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN - FILE REPT., 648 P.}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SAWTOOTH QUADRANGLE, BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 580 - K, P. 221 - 249.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.}{Production:: TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, USGS OPEN - FILE REPT.}
ReporterMurphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat