Mine detail: Scott Mine

Previously called 'Birch Creek Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.066, -112.78947

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold, Copper
Ore: Anglesite, Galena, Plumbojarosite, Pyromorphite, Wulfenite
Gangue: Barite, Gypsum, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: NESTS, IRREGULAR, LENSES, BUNCHES
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1888

Geology

Host rock:Limestone, Shale, Sandstone;Quartzite;Breccia, Shale, Volcanic Ash
Host type:Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:Minor Faults, Slickensides
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW015723
MAS160330040
DEP10071941
Reference{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}
ReporterWestern Field Operations Center (WFOC), Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat