Mine detail: Big Horn Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

45.04548, -114.73204

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Massive Argillaceous Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Limonite - Hematite Boxwork
Alteration processes:	Gouge, Fe Stain

References

MRDS	W015318
DEP	10071770
Reference	{Deposit:: CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P}{Deposit:: 1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.