Mine detail: Condor Mine

Previously called 'Jessie'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.56486, -117.06291

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Zinc, Copper, Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1875

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite;Diabase Dikes
Associated type:	Diorite,Diabase
Structure:	District Is On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of East-Northeast Trend., Basalt Dikes Have Been Intruded Along Faults, Which Displaced The Mineralized Veins.
Tectonic:	Folded Geosyncline
Alteration processes:	Bleaching

References

MRDS	W012983
MAS	160870022
DEP	10105598
Reference	{Deposit:: SHANNON, E. V., 1926, MINERALS OF IDAHO: U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131, P. 344.}{Deposit:: TURNER, H. W., 1908, THE ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1952, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, WASH. CTY., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.}{Deposit:: 1926 COMPILE U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131}{Deposit:: 1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95}
Reporter	Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat