Mine detail: Protection Prospect

Previously called 'BC Nos. 23-24'

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Location: Butte County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.9068, -112.98417
dep_id: 10093623
mrds_id: W015679
mas_id: 160230023
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Lead
Trace mineral: Copper, Silver, Zinc
Operation type: Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Galena
gangue: Limonite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Lipton, David A.
hrock_unit: Saturday Mountain Formation-Quartzite;Swauger Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite,Dolomite
References:
  • Deposit:: Anderson, R. A., 1948, Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80, 17 P.
  • Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1081-F, P. 189-260
  • Deposit:: King, J. F., 1960, Reocnnaissance Geology Of Part Of The Lemhi Range, Butte County, Id: Ms Thesis, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, Il., 51 P.
  • Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 88, P. 164.
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