Mine detail: Golden West Mine

Previously called 'PotterPalo Alto'

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Location

Lat / long: 45.12958, -115.40176

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold, Tungsten
Ore: Gold, Scheelite, Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: STRINGERS
Discovery year: 1942

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated rock:Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dikes-Granite Porphyry
Associated type:Diorite,Granite
Structure:Profile - Smith Creek Dike Swarm
Alteration processes:Silicification, Sericitization

References

MRDSW014865
DEP10105733
Reference{Deposit:: LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF PAPER 525-B, P 27}{Deposit:: LINDSEY, E., 1958, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE BIG CREEK QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA, M.S. THESIS, 67 P.}{Deposit:: 1965 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF PAPER 525-}{Production:: LEONARD, B. F., 1965, USGS PROF. PAPER 525-B}
ReporterDuncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat)