Mine detail: Mother Lode Mine

Previously called 'OccidentTreasure BoxDaddyYosemiteMeade'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.61797, -115.83962

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Arsenic
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Apatite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Specularite
Discovery year: 1883

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1887

Geology

Host rock:Lower Prichard Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Argillite
Structure:Shearing And Gouge; Layering In Meade Vein
Tectonic:Belt Basin
Alteration processes:Ankerite, Sericite, Albite, Chlorite

References

MRDSW026623
DEP10107344
Reference{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOM, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.}{Deposit:: WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR *LENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 90}{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 30 , 1968 ; AUG. 7 , 1973}{Deposit:: 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOM AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47}{Deposit:: 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P}{Production:: SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 ; RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , USGS PP 62}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.