Mine detail: Harmony Mine

Previously called 'ContentionLeap YearContinentalIncome GroupAnderson Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.0156, -113.8283

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Gold, Silver
Gangue: Chlorite, Magnetite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1870

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Yellowjacket Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:E Flank, Lemhi Rg Syncline
Alteration processes:Oxidation, Gouge

References

MRDSW013371
MAS160590198
DEP10105631
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1956, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Salmon Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106, 102 P.}{Deposit:: Gardner, E. D., 1930, Mining Practice At Harmony Mines Company, Baker, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Inf. Circ. 6240, 8 P.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1924, A New Copper District Near Salmon, Idaho: Eng. Mining Jour. Press V. 118, No. 6, P. 205 - 208.}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1918, Nineteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1917, P. 71 - 72.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1925, The Copper Deposits Near Salmon, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 774, P. 37 - 41.}{Deposit:: 1918 Compile 19th Ann. Rept. Of Mining Industry Of Idaho, 1917}{Deposit:: 1930 Other U.S. Bureau Of Mines Inf. Circ. 6240}{Deposit:: 1956 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1956, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106, 102 P.}{Production:: Gardner, E. D., 1930, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Inf. Circ. 6240, 8 P.}{Production:: Ross, C. P., 1925, USGS Bulletin 774}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)