Mine detail: Charles Wain Mine

Previously called 'VictorArcadeGold Star'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.44739, -114.70593

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Gangue: Quartz
Discovery year: 1875

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Tuff
Associated rock:Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Germer Tuffaceous Member
Associated type:Tuff
Alteration processes:Fe - Stains

References

MRDSW014274
MAS160370266
DEP10105693
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, SILVER - GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE YANKEE FORK DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 83, 37 P.}{Deposit:: STILES, C. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND ALTERATION OF THE WEST FORK MAYFIELD CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, P. 103 - 106 .}{Deposit:: 1949 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 8}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 477, P. 219.}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1949, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 83, P. 31.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)