Mine detail: Lost Eagle Claim

Previously called 'MetcalfSunriseWaneta'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.57738, -114.89704

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Zinc, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: BANDS, INTERSTITIAL AREAS

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Mica Schist
Associated rock:Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Plutonic Rock

References

MRDSW013930
MAS160370251
DEP10070828
Reference{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74.}{Deposit:: Green, W. R., 1968, Waneta: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1934 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854 , 135 P.}{Deposit:: Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 .}{Deposit:: 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 530}{Deposit:: 1968 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 69, P. 72.}
ReporterWillett, Miller, Pat J.