Mine detail: Gold Chance Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.25459, -114.84653

Resource(B)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Calcite, Chalcedony, Chlorite, Kaolinite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: LINEAR
Discovery year: 1893

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Rhyolite Dikes.;Pegmatite Dikes
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Rhyolite
Structure:Idaho Batholith, Brecciation, Gouge
Alteration processes:Silicification, Oxidation

References

MRDSW014167
MAS160370395
DEP10105687
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., 648 P.}{Deposit:: 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126}{Deposit:: Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, P. 441, Pl. 3, No. 42}{Deposit:: Shawe & Others 1976 USGS Professional Paper 933, P. 36-37}{Production:: Choate, Raoul, 1962, Idaho Bur. Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, P. 86}
ReporterFederspiel, Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat