Mine detail: Hermit Mine

Previously called 'Native Silver'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.15099, -114.58782

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Zinc, Lead
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Limonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR
Discovery year:	1885

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Milligen Formation-Argillite;Wood River Formation-Quartzites, Conglomerates
Host type:	Argillite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Basalt
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Idaho Batholith
Alteration processes:	Gouge, Oxidation

References

MRDS	W014177
MAS	160370435
DEP	10089183
Reference	{Deposit:: Kern, Richard, R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Ms Thesis, P. 46-49.}{Deposit:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.}{Deposit:: Choate, Raoul, 1937, USGS Bulletin 877 P. 153-154}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, Thor, 1949, IBMG Pamphlet 88, P. 24-25}{Deposit:: Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin1545e, P. 360, Pl. 3, No. 87}{Production:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open-File Rept.}
Reporter	Van Noy, Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat