Mine detail: Monument Mine

Previously called 'SingiserSingeiserSingheiserSingiser-Monument MineMonument Cove'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.86269, -114.41313

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Selenium, Copper, Silver, Tellurium
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1872

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated rock:Challis Volcanics
Associated type:Rhyolite

References

MRDSW014239
MAS160590390
DEP10105690
Reference{Deposit:: Carr, H. S., 1909, Vein Structure In The Monument Mine: Mining And Scientific Press, V. 98, No. 16, P. 557 - 558.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 P.}{Deposit:: Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.}{Production:: Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 528, 182 P.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)