Mine detail: Kraken Hill Mine

Previously called 'Open Question MineChalspar MineMarantha MineCachalot VeinHolterman Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.48629, -114.33482

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	BEDDED, FISSURE VEIN, TABULAR, BRECCIA FILL, BRECCIA FILL, CONT METASOMATIC, RESIDUAL CONCENT, BRECCIA FILL, TABULAR, TABULAR, SHEAR ZONE
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1982

Geology

Host rock:	Bayhorse Dolomite; Ramshorn Slate
Host type:	Dolomite

References

MRDS	W014281
MAS	160370271
DEP	10071072
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1954, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE FLUORSPAR MINERALIZATION NEAR CHALLIS, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 101, 13 P}{Deposit:: 1954 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10}{Deposit:: CHAMBERS, A.E., 1966, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF THE BAYHORSE MINING DESTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: PHD DISSERTATION, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON, ARIZ., 154 P.}{Deposit:: MCGARY, L., 1983, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION}{Deposit:: SHAWE, R.E., ET.AL., 1976, GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES OF FLUORINE IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER NO. 933, P. 35-38.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-2, NO. 251, P. 166.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)