Mine detail: Sierra Nevada Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.51847, -116.16633

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Ore: Galena, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form: CURVED SHEET
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1886

Geology

Host rock:Revett Formation-Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW019398
DEP10073354
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B. AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 260 , P. 274 - 303}{Deposit:: GERRY, C. N., 1923 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, ZINC IN IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 418}{Deposit:: 1905 OTHER F. L. RANSOME, BULL. 260}{Deposit:: 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62}{Deposit:: 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732}{Production:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P. GERRY, C. N., 1923 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921 , PT. 1 : USGS, P. 418 . GERRY, C. N., 1919 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917 , PT. 1 : USGS, P. 491}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.