Mine detail: Buckhorn Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.79069, -113.4662

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese, Iron
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Silver, Nickel, Arsenic, Cobalt
Ore:	Anglesite, Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Psilomelane, Pyrargyrite, Pyrolusite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Wulfenite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1912

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartzite,Limestone
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W015789
MAS	160590259
DEP	10071988
Reference	{Deposit:: THUNE, H. W., 1941, MINERALOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LITTLE EIGHT MILE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 37 P.}{Deposit:: WICKEN, O. M., 1941, A METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE ORE: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 26 P.}{Deposit:: USGS topo map location}{Production:: THUNE, H. W., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS; ITEM 1, WICKEN, O. M., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Causey, J. Douglas