Mine detail: Antimony Rainbow Group Mine

Previously called 'Dokka'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.13682, -115.40096

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony, Copper, Tungsten
Tertiary:	Gold, Mercury, Silver
Ore:	Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Cinnabar, Fluorite, Huebnerite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS, IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Schist, Gneiss
Host type:	Diorite,Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Grandodiorite;Profile Gap-Smith Creek Dike Swarm-Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Fracturing, Greisenization

References

MRDS	W014893
DEP	10071477
Reference	{Deposit:: KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 53 - 54}{Deposit:: LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 525-B, P. 27.}{Deposit:: GRINER, W. C., 1975, SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973-1974, 98 P.}{Deposit:: 1965 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF. PAPER 525-B}{Deposit:: 1975 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO * ANNUAL REPORT.}{Production:: KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P 49}
Reporter	Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat)