Mine detail: Mountain King Mine

Previously called 'KingHappy DaySilver Streak'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.60458, -115.03014

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Copper, Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Gold, Silver
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: CHIMNEY
Discovery year: 1880

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1884

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartzite,Limestone
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Andesite Porphyry;Dikes-Lamprophyre
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Folds Near Batholith Contact Strike N 15 Deg W; Farther E. From Contact Folds Strike N 35 To 40 Deg W
Alteration processes:Silicification

References

MRDSW013924
MAS160370229
DEP10070823
Reference{Deposit:: CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.}{Deposit:: TREVES, SAMUEL B., AND MELEAR, JOHN D., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 96, 19 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.}{Deposit:: MELEAR, J. D., 1953, THE PETROLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 36 P.}{Deposit:: 1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 96}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTY-FIRST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 68.}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1920, IDAHO BUREAU OFMINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 3, P. 24-25.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1930, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33, P. 5-6.}{Production:: ITEMS 1 - 3 , MELEAR, J.D., 1953 , UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 26; ITEMS 8 - 13 , CATER, F.W., AND OTHERS, 1973 , USGS BULL. 1304 , 431 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Zilka, Nicholas T.