Mine detail: Jacobs Mine

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Location: Elmore County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.24099, -115.22873
dep_id: 10070792
mrds_id: W013881
mas_id: 160390746
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Silver, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz
alteration: Sericite, Epidote, Silica, Chlorite, Albite
ore_ctrl: Shear Zone
Reporter: Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite
arock_unit: Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite
Structure: E - W Shear Zone Roughly 10 Mi. Long
References:
  • Deposit:: Allen, R. M., Jr., 1952, Geology And Mineralization Of The Volcano District, Elmore County, Idaho: Econ. Geology, V. 47, No. 8, P. 815 - 821.
  • Deposit:: Allen, R. M., Jr., 1940, Geology And Mineralization Of The Volcano District, Elmore County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 41 P.
  • Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad No. 441
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