Mine detail: Rabbitfoot Mine

Previously called 'Rabbit Foot MineRame'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.88379, -114.33903

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver, Lead
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1872

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite

References

MRDS	W014241
MAS	160590393
DEP	10071045
Reference	{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 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.}{Production:: Ross, C. P., 1927 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)