Mine detail: Jessie Benton Mine

Previously called 'Bixby Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.78489, -115.12123

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BUNCHES, LENSES , PINCH AND SWELL

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Associated rock:	Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Porphyritic Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Alteration processes:	Fe - Oxides, Scorodite

References

MRDS	W007869
MAS	160390011
DEP	10105573
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits, Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 49. P. 6}{Deposit:: 1939 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 4}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 49, P. 67.}
Reporter	Steigner, William D., Everett, Sandra E., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)