Mine detail: Scott Mine

Previously called 'Birch Creek Mine'

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Location: Clark County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.066, -112.78947
dep_id: 10071941
mrds_id: W015723
mas_id: 160330040
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Gold, Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Anglesite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite
gangue: Barite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: NESTS, IRREGULAR, LENSES, BUNCHES
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
conc_proc: Hydrothermal
ore_ctrl: Fissures And Bedding Planes
Reporter: Western Field Operations Center (WFOC), Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat
hrock_unit: Limestone, Shale, Sandstone;Quartzite;Breccia, Shale, Volcanic Ash
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Minor Faults, Slickensides
Year first produced: 1888
disc_yr: 1885
discr: Blackburn
References:
  • Deposit:: Shenon, P. J., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27, 25 P.
  • Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1944, Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Clark And Lemhi Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70, P. 23 - 31
  • Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.
  • Deposit:: Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974, 98 P.
  • Deposit:: 1917 Geolmap J. B. Umpleby, Prof. Paper 97
  • Deposit:: 1928 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27
  • Deposit:: 1944 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70
  • Deposit:: 1974 Compile State Mine Inspecto* Report For 1973-1974
  • Production:: Items 8-11, Shenon, P. J., 1928, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27; Item 12, Anderson, A. L., 1944, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70; Item 13, Umpleby, J. B., 1917, USGS Prof. Paper 97
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