Mine detail: Hardscrabble Mine

Previously called 'Hard ScrabbleHardscrabble and Brown Bear'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.63348, -115.12535

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Quartz
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W013931
MAS	160370661
DEP	10070829
Reference	{Deposit:: Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P}{Production:: Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Weldin, Robert