Mine detail: Valley Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.33568, -115.05064

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead, Copper
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1895

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Latite, Pegmatite Dikes
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Oxidized, Silicified

References

MRDSW014301
MAS160370285
DEP10071087
Reference{Deposit:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Areas, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3, 23 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3}{Deposit:: 1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open-File Rept.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N. Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1903, P. 48-49}{Deposit:: Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bull.1545e, P.365, Pl.3, No.3}{Production:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O. F. Rept., P. 484.}{Reserve-Resource:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS O. F. Rept., P. 492}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Tuchek