Mine detail: Meadow Creek Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.89928, -115.33516

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony, Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1900

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1932

Geology

Host rock:Quartzite, Schist, Marble
Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Dikes
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Plutonic Rock
Structure:Meadow Creek Fault Zone
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal; Silicification; Sericitization

References

MRDSW013917
DEP10105681
Reference{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.}{Deposit:: COOPER, J. R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN, ANTIMONY, AND GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR STIBNITE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 969-F, PP. 151 - 195.}{Deposit:: CURRIER, L. W., 1935, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43, 27 P.}{Deposit:: 1935 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43}{Deposit:: 1936 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44}{Deposit:: 1951 RECON COOPER, J. R., BULL. 969 - F.}{Production:: COOPER, J. R., 1951, USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 180.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.