Mine detail: St. Louis Mine

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Location: Butte County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.5941, -113.59228
dep_id: 10071912
mrds_id: W015681
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver
Minor mineral: Zinc, Copper, Lead
Trace mineral: Bismuth
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Wurtzite
gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR LENSES, BUNCHES, STRINGERS
work_type: Underground
alteration: Sericitization, Oxidation
conc_proc: Supergene
ore_ctrl: Fractures And Brecciated Zones
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)
hrock_type: Tuff,Andesite
arock_unit: Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Tuff, Rhyolite
arock_type: Tuff,Andesite
Structure: Gouge
References:
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, 70 P.
  • Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1940 , AIKINITE AND SILVER ENRICHMENT AT THE ST. LOUIS MINE, BUTTE COUNTY, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 35 , NO. 4 , P. 520 - 533.
  • Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MACKAY REGION, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 97, 129 P.
  • Deposit:: 1917 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., PROF. PAPER 97
  • Deposit:: 1929 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32
  • Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32
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