Mine detail: Pilot Knob Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.82879, -115.01373

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1933

Production

Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite
Structure:Minor Fractures And Faults
Alteration processes:Fe-Stains

References

MRDSW013677
MAS160390766
DEP10096264
Reference{Deposit:: Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.}{Deposit:: Federspiel, F. E., And Others, 1988, Mineral Resources Of The South Boise Yuba Study Area, Blaine, Camas, And Elmore Counties, Id: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report Mla.}
ReporterSteigner, William D.; Miller, Pat, Leszcykowski, Andrew M.