Mine detail: Camas Mine

Previously called 'Camas No. 2'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.41179, -114.47901

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Copper, Lead, Uranium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1879

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt;Dikes-Lamprophyre
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSW013794
DEP10070729
Reference{Deposit:: WEIS, P. L., AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952 - 1955: USGS BULL. 1074 - B, P. 7 - 48.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE HAILEY GOLD BELT (CAMAS DISTRICT), BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76, 26 P.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.}{Deposit:: 1913 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPT. FOR 1912}{Deposit:: 1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76}{Deposit:: 1955 RECON D.L. SCHMIDT, BULL. 1074-B}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, R. W., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76}
ReporterEverett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)