Mine detail: Excelsior Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.40179, -114.30202

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Bayhorse Dolomite-Dolomitic Limestone; Ramshorn Slates
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Bayhorse Anticline
Alteration processes:	Fe, Mn Stained

References

MRDS	W014295
DEP	10071083
Reference	{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, SOME ORE DEPOSITS IN NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 539, 104 P.}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877, 161 P.}{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1935, THE GOLD RESOURCES OF IDAHO: MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 33, NO. 37, P. 6 - 7.}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 539}{Deposit:: 1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 877}{Production:: ROSS, C. P., 1937, USGS BULL. 877, P. 128.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)