Mine detail: Vulcan Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.98066, -116.43245

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Tungsten
Tertiary:	Zinc, Molybdenum
Ore:	Galena, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1890

Geology

Host rock:	Lakeview Limestone;Wallace Formation-Siltites, Argillites
Host type:	Diorite,Silt,Argillite,Limestone
Associated rock:	Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Packsaddle Fault On The W; Cascade Fault To The E, Contactzone; Brecciation
Alteration processes:	Abundant Gossan; Epidote

References

MRDS	W019430
DEP	10105940
Reference	{Deposit:: MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52}{Deposit:: KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR *LENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 157}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING NEWS, JAN. 24 , 1969}{Deposit:: 1906 OTHER D. F. MAC DONALD, BULL. 285}{Deposit:: 1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL., PAMPHLET 156}{Production:: MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , USGS BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.