Mine detail: Great Western Mine

Previously called 'La Riviere Perdu Nos. 18-24Ingersoll MineHawley Property'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.9502, -113.01897

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Anglesite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Swauger Quartzite-Dolomitic Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Alteration processes:Carbonatization

References

MRDSW015670
MAS160230025
DEP10071906
Reference{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1933, The Dome Mining District, Butte County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 39, 12 P.}{Deposit:: Anderson, R. A., 1948 Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80, 17 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1912, The Lead-Silver Deposits Of The Dome District, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 540, P. 212-222}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1081-F, P. 189-260}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1907}{Deposit:: USBM, 1945, 1949, 1950, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbooks For 1943, 1947, 1948}{Deposit:: Shaffer, L. E., 1942, The Great Western Mine, Dome Mining District, Butte County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Unpublished War Minerals Memorandu, 3 P.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix B, P. 88-130.}
ReporterKuizon, Lucy, Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)