Mine detail: Golden Day Mine

Previously called 'Golden Ray MinePotato Mtn. Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.32158, -114.90514

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Copper, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	LINEAR, PODS
Discovery year:	1900

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1937

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Idaho Batholith, Fault N 72 Deg E, 75 Deg N
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W014143
MAS	160370349
DEP	10070979
Reference	{Deposit:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 357, P. 187.}{Production:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, P. 92}
Reporter	Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)