Mine detail: Checkmate Mine

Previously called 'Hecla-Checkmate'

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Location: Gem County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.85428, -116.32037
dep_id: 10105568
mrds_id: W007825
mas_id: 160450007
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Gold
Trace mineral: Zinc, Lead, Copper
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: PINCH AND SWELL
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Steigner, William D., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Idaho Batholith
arock_type: Quartz Diorite,Lamprophyre
References:
  • 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
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