Mine detail: Sultana Project

Previously called 'Empire Mine (Dep_id 10089294)'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.88977, -113.67517

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper, Gold, Silver
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Tetrahedrite, Powellite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Fluorite, Gypsum, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Specularite, Wollastonite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	White Knob Limestone
Host type:	Granite,Limestone,Skarn (Tactite)

References

MAS	160370073
DEP	10193063
Reference	{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #36, SEPT., 4, 1996, P. 16.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #43, OCT., 23, 1996, P. 5.}{Deposit:: THE MINING RECORD, VOL., 107, #47, NOV., 20, 1996, P. 1.}{Deposit:: INFO-MINE-DAILY PROSPECTOR, APRIL 26-28/97.}{Deposit:: Cambiex Acquires an Option on a 50 Percent Interest in the Sultana Copper-Gold Property. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cambiex+Acquires+an+Option+on+a+50+Percent+Interest+in+the+Sultana...-a018087336, accessed 07/23/2009.}
Reporter	Buckingham, David A., Causey, J. Douglas