Mine detail: Deer Trail Mine

Previously called 'Blackman MineDeertrail Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.04879, -114.65562

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Lead, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Tungsten
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	LENSES, PODS, LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1883

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Milligen Formation-Argillite, Limestone;Tactite
Host type:	Skarn (Tactite),Argillite,Limestone
Associated rock:	White Cloud Stock-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDS	W014119
MAS	160370014
DEP	10070959
Reference	{Deposit:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P}{Deposit:: 1955 Direxpl Dmea, Tschanz, USGS Open - File Rept.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P. Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 877, 1937, Pp. 111, 156, & 161.}{Deposit:: Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bull.1545e, P.317, Pl.3, No.109}
Reporter	Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat, Federspiel