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

MRDS	W013677
MAS	160390766
DEP	10096264
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.}
Reporter	Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat, Leszcykowski, Andrew M.