Mine detail: Silver Tip Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

47.58656, -116.63995

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form:	BUNCHES, BANDS

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Prichard Formation
Host type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

References

MRDS	W019463
MAS	160550030
DEP	10105941
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.}{Deposit:: Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971 , Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geology, V. 66 , No. 6 , P. 849 - 860}{Deposit:: Large, Thomas, 1943, Science, V 98no 2556, P560-561}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D.