Mine detail: Vishnu Mine

Previously called 'BullhideClifton BellMountain Goat.IdahoEsmeraldaIdaho Gold Corporation'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.69158, -115.30234

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Tertiary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1863

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	W007888
MAS	160390015
DEP	10105575
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Steigner, William D., Siefken, Robert R., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)