Mine detail: Coon Dog Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.03818, -115.80566

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Secondary:	Gold
Ore:	Bornite, Cerargyrite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LINEAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Granite-Idaho Batholith;Rhyolite Porphyry;Quartz Diorite Dike;Basic Dikes (Basalt)
Associated type:	Rhyolite,Granite
Alteration processes:	Silicified

References

MRDS	W007575
DEP	10105547
Reference	{Deposit:: BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 119 - 319}{Deposit:: 1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES, BULL. 9.}{Deposit:: 1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C.}{Production:: BALLARD, S. M., 1924, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R.; Iller, Pat, Moody, Ula L.