Mine detail: Checkmate Mine

Previously called 'Hecla-Checkmate'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.85428, -116.32037

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith
Associated type:Quartz Diorite,Lamprophyre

References

MRDSW007825
MAS160450007
DEP10105568
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 25}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 25}
ReporterSteigner, William D., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)