Lat / long: | 44.89629, -114.31403 |
Tertiary: | Gemstone |
Ore: | Opal |
Discovery year: | 1900 |
Operation type: | Surface |
Production size: | None |
Development status: | Prospect |
Host rock: | Yellowjacket Formation |
Host type: | Quartzite,Alluvium |
Associated rock: | Challis Volcanics-Porphyry Dike |
Associated type: | Plutonic Rock |
MRDS | W014240 |
MAS | 160590392 |
DEP | 10071044 |
Reference | {Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1941, The Metal And Coal Mining Districts Of Idaho, With Notes On The Non-Metallic Mineral Resources Of The State: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 57, 263 P.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J.B., 1913, Geology and ore deposits of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 p.} |
Reporter | Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) |