Mine detail: Iron Crown Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.26298, -114.91593

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Gold, Silver
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1905

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1905

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Idaho Batholith, Cooling Fractures In Rhyolite Dike: 3 Sets Of Cooling Fractures
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W014153
MAS	160370367
DEP	10070987
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. 370, P. 192.}{Production:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126 P. 90}
Reporter	McHugh, Edward L., Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat