Mine detail: Ella Mine

Previously called 'Last ChanceRattlesnake'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.6038, -113.57978

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver
Secondary:	Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Proustite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1883

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated rock:	Challis Volcanics-Hornblende Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite

References

MRDS	W015668
MAS	160230004
DEP	10105772
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1929, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)