Mine detail: Silver Dollar Mine

Previously called 'Second Chance'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.27708, -114.92704

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver, Gold, Uranium
Ore: Cervantite, Stibnite, Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1944

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1944

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Idaho Batholith, Shear Zone Striking N 65 Deg E.
Alteration processes:Oxidation

References

MRDSW014149
MAS160370358
DEP10105686
Reference{Deposit:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P.}{Deposit:: Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 848 P.}{Deposit:: 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126}{Deposit:: 1974 Recon Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Open-File Rept}{Production:: Choate, R. 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geology Pamphlet 126 P. 98}
ReporterYett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat, Tuchek