Mine detail: Buckeye Boy Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.63567, -115.87492

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: POCKET

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1885

Geology

Host rock:Prichard Formation
Host type:Argillite
Structure:Several Faults On No. 3 Level
Tectonic:Belt Basin
Alteration processes:Gouge

References

MRDSW026580
DEP10078307
Reference{Deposit:: SHENON, PHILIP J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 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:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 13 , 1968.}{Deposit:: 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47}{Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P}{Production:: RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , USGS PROF. PAPER 62 . SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.