Mine detail: Humbug Prospect

Previously called 'Boulder Tunnel'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.73768, -116.90427

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Sulfides
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1868

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Al Limestone, Limestone
Host type:	Schist,Limestone
Associated rock:	Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Clay Oxidized

References

MRDS	W007704
DEP	10093411
Reference	{Deposit:: SORENSON, R. E., 1927 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 22 , 47 P}{Deposit:: 1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 2}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.