Mine detail: Gold Hill Prospect

Previously called 'Pinnell Vein'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.95706, -116.74744

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Specularite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, SWELL AND PINCH

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation-Grayish Quartzite;Burke Formation-Grayish Quartzite
Host type:	Quartzite
Associated rock:	Gold Hill Stock-Porphyritic Syenite
Associated type:	Syenite
Structure:	Small Post-Mineral Fault With Strike N 45 Deg E And Dipping 80 Deg Nw
Alteration processes:	Gouge, Oxidized, Chloritization

References

MRDS	W015884
DEP	10072058
Reference	{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, 29 P.}{Deposit:: FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 43-45}{Deposit:: PARK, M.A., 1936, SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND MINING METHODS FOR THE GOLD HILL MINE, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, BS THESIS, 45 P.}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.