Mine detail: Ketchum Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.96738, -115.04485

Resource(B)

Primary:	Semiprecious Gemstone
Tertiary:	Silica
Ore:	Opal
Discovery year:	1902

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Porphyritic Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Fe Oxides, Chlorite

References

MRDS	W014086
MAS	160850487
DEP	10070938
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, P. 333-347}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130}
Reporter	Winters, Dick , Miller, Pat J.