Mine detail: Rock Slide No. 1 Prospect

Previously called 'Emerald'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.99879, -114.63702

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1882

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Wood River Formation-Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Alteration processes:Gouge

References

MRDSW013616
MAS160370684
DEP10070611
Reference{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:: Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, P. 283, Pl. 3, No. 141}{Production:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open - File Report.}
ReporterMurphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat, McHugh, Edward L.