Mine detail: Helen Zucker Prospect

Previously called 'Zucker PropertyParker Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.24847, -116.71569

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Mercury
Ore:	Cinnabar
Gangue:	Opal, Pyrite
Orebody form:	BLANKET , IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1942

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Payette Formation-Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Columbia River Basalt
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Broad Anticline Of Nw Trend
Alteration processes:	Opalitization

References

MRDS	M055218
MAS	160870135
DEP	10095482
Reference	{Deposit:: MERCURY IN IDAHO, 1965, USBM IC 8252}{Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 99 - 100 .}{Deposit:: 1941 RECON C. P. ROSS AND C. H. DANE, BULL. 1042-}{Deposit:: MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE BAKER QUAD., IBMG MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, VE MITCHELL, ET AL.}
Reporter	Bergquist, Joel R.