Mine detail: Great Dunkard Mine

Previously called 'PearsonGreat Dunker'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.49177, -116.27103

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1916

Geology

Host rock:Prichard Formation-Blue And Green Slates, Argillite
Host type:Slate,Argillite
Structure:Placer Creek Fault

References

MRDSW019517
DEP10105943
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, A. B., AND GOOD, S. E., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE TWIN CRAGS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1142-A, 33 P.}{Deposit:: JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 710 , 36 P.}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 710}{Deposit:: 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732}{Deposit:: 1963 GEOLMAP CAMPBELL AND GOOD, BULL. 1142-A}{Production:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 123 P.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.