Mine detail: Continental Mine

Previously called 'One of Steen Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.97598, -114.53903

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR VEINLETS
Discovery year:	1891

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzitic, Slightly Calcareous Beds
Host type:	Quartzite,Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Structure:	Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Shallow Oxidation

References

MRDS	W013907
DEP	10070809
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1953, GOLD - COPPER - LEAD DEPOSITS OF THE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P}{Deposit:: 1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1953, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 94, 41 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.