Mine detail: Comet Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.46349, -114.34841

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Secondary: Copper, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: PINCHES, SWELLS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1883

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Diorite;Lamprophyre Dike
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Lamprophyre Dike Intruded After Mineralization
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW013669
DEP10070649
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:: 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814}{Deposit:: 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90}{Production:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.}
ReporterSteigner, William D.; Miller, Pat