Mine detail: G. B. Williams Antimony Mine

Previously called 'Lakeview ClaimsCrater ProspectCrater Lake Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.13739, -114.60702

Resource(M)

Primary:	Antimony
Secondary:	Lead, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Anglesite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Jamesonite, Pentlandite, Proustite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR, PODS, STRINGERS
Discovery year:	1924

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Milligen Formation-Argillites, Quartzites
Host type:	Argillite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Basalt, Tuff
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Idaho Batholith
Alteration processes:	Silicification, Brecciation

References

MRDS	W014179
MAS	160370445
DEP	10089184
Reference	{Deposit:: Kern, Richard, R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Univ. Ms Thesis, P. 41 - 45.}{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:: 1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open-File Rept}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P., P. 152-153.}{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1949, Idaho Bur. Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 88, P. 25-26.}{Deposit:: Vannoy And Others, 1986, U. S. Geol. Survey Bulletin 1545-E, P. 360-363; Plate 3, No. 89.}
Reporter	McHugh, Edward L., Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat