Mine detail: Vishnu Mine

Previously called 'BullhideClifton BellMountain Goat.IdahoEsmeraldaIdaho Gold Corporation'

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Location: Elmore County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.69158, -115.30234
dep_id: 10105575
mrds_id: W007888
mas_id: 160390015
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Underground
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Sphalerite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
work_type: Underground
alteration: Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Fault
Reporter: Steigner, William D., Siefken, Robert R., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith
hrock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
disc_yr: 1863
References:
  • Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of The Gold - Bearing Lodes Of The Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pam. 65, P. 2
  • Deposit:: 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 6
  • Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 27
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