Mine detail: Gold Back Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

47.62376, -115.8463

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BANDS
Other material:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation
Host type:	Slate
Structure:	Murray Peak Fault
Tectonic:	Belt Basin
Alteration processes:	Sericite, Chlorite, Gouge Seams, Silicified

References

MRDS	W026587
DEP	10078313
Reference	{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.}{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , P. 86}{Deposit:: 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.