Mine detail: Mountain Chief Mine

Previously called 'Mountain Chief Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.45379, -114.71153

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Silver
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Tuff
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Andesitic Tuff
Associated type:	Tuff
Alteration processes:	Fe Stains

References

MRDS	W014267
MAS	160370259
DEP	10071064
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 481, P. 220.}
Reporter	McHugh, Edward L., Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)