Mine detail: Chester Consol. Mine

Previously called 'Dew Drop Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.62317, -115.83772

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Lead, Copper
Tertiary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Specularite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation
Host type:	Argillite
Structure:	Faults, But No Ore, In W Tunnel
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Ankerite, Sericite, Chlorite, Apatite

References

MRDS	W026585
DEP	10078311
Reference	{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47}{Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P}{Production:: SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.