Mine detail: Kentuck Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 45.3719, -114.2967

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1882

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Rhyolite Porphyry, Lamprophyre
Associated type:Gneiss
Structure:Minor Faults, Gouge, Breccia
Alteration processes:Silicification, Sericitization, Fe Stain, Kaolinization

References

MRDSW014858
MAS160590587
DEP10105732
Reference{Deposit:: Koschmann, A. H., And Bergendahl, M. H., 1968, Principal Gold-Producing Districts Of The United States: USGS Prof Paper 610, P. 136}{Deposit:: Bell, R. N., 1920, Twenty-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1919.}{Deposit:: Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 64 P.}{Deposit:: Gray, F. A., 1927, Ore Deposits Of The Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Univ. Of Minnesota, Phd Thesis}{Deposit:: 1920 Compile State Mine Inspecto* Annual Rept.}{Deposit:: 1968 Recon A. H. Koschmann And M. H. Bergendahl, Prof. Paper 610}{Production:: Gray, F. A., 1927, Univ. Of Minnesota Phd Thesis.}
ReporterDuncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat)