Mine detail: Tin Cup Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.96738, -114.53343

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Tertiary:	Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	PINCH AND SWELL

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
Host type:	Hornblendite,Quartzite
Associated rock:	Lcretetert Dikes-Hornblende-Biotite Diorite Dikes;Lcretetert Dikes-Lamprophyre;Dikes-Granophyre;Lcretetert Border Facies-Albite Syenite
Associated type:	Hornblendite

References

MRDS	W013912
MAS	160590351
DEP	10107301
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, Alfred L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.}{Production:: Anderson, A. L., 1953, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 94, 41 P.}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)