Mine detail: Bay Horse

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

44.45292, -117.21934

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Orebody form:	SMALL, IRREGULAR SHAPE
Discovery year:	1890

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Huntington Volcanics
Host type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Ore Occurs In A Fractured Zone Close To The Contact Between An Andesitic Breccia And Rhyolite
Tectonic:	Accreted Island Arc, Huntington Volcanics ?

References

MRDS	M014583
DEP	10109349
Reference	{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 61 , P. 131 .}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 22}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925 , IDAHO BUREAU MINES, PAMPHLET 13 .}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H. C., MCINTYRE, J. R., AND WALKER, G., 1976 , GEOLOGY OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG. BY 2 DEG. QUADRANGLE, ODMI GMS-7 .}{Deposit:: WAGNER, N.S., 1957, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)