Mine detail: Franklin Mine

Previously called 'Objective'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.46299, -115.31923

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Rhyolite, Diorite, Diabase Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Diabase,Rhyolite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation; Mn, Fe Stains

References

MRDS	W007877
DEP	10089042
Reference	{Deposit:: BALLARD, S. M., 1928, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY BAR QUADRANGLE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 18.}{Deposit:: MOORE, F.C., 1910, ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909.}{Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 2}{Production:: BALLARD, S. M., 1928, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 18}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R., Steigner, William D.