Mine detail: Stormy Hill Vein Mine

Previously called 'War Eagle ShaftStormy Hill Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.00268, -116.70287

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1868

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1869

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Sericite; Epidote; Chlorite.

References

MRDSW007722
DEP10105564
Reference{Deposit:: ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.}{Deposit:: PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.}{Deposit:: 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11}{Deposit:: 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138}{Production:: ASHER, R. R., 1968, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P. CAMPBELL, S., 1922 , 24TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1922.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.