Mine detail: DeLamar Mining Co., Sommercamp Adit No. 2

Previously called 'Wahl TunnelVoschaySommercamp PitGlen SilverSilver CityFlorida MountainSouth WahlDelamar Silver Mine and MillDelamar Silver/Gold Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.01348, -116.83347

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Ore: Gold, Silver, Argentite, Cerargyrite, Electrum, Jamesonite, Miargyrite, Naumannite, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Beidellite, Marcasite, Pyrite
Orebody form: POD/LENS
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1863

Geology

Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Granodiorite,Basalt,Ash-Flow Tuff

References

MRDSM060187
MAS160730056
DEP10217678
Reference{Deposit:: BELL, R.N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907: OFFICE OF INSPECTOR OF MINES, BOISE, IDAHO, P. 141-144.}{Deposit:: ENG. MINING JOUR., 1920 , REOPENING OF OLD DELAMAR MINE UNDERWAY: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 110 , NO. 11 , P. 538 - 539 .}{Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 21 , 1974 ; MAR. 23 , 1976 ; DEC. 6 , 1976 ; AP. 5 , 1977 ; AP. 27 , 1977}{Deposit:: 1897 GEOLMAP LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 20TH ANNUAL RPT.}{Deposit:: 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 11}{Deposit:: 1966 DIREXPL CONTINENTAL MATERIALS CORP - DDH}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, WALDEMAR. THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DE LAMAR, AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT, 1900, VOL. 3, CHAPT. III, P. 122-129.}{Deposit:: PIPER, A. W., AND LANEY. F. B. GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 11, 1926.}{Deposit:: ASHER, R. R. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 138, 1968, 106 P.}{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., AND OTHERS. DEVELOPMENTS IN MINERALS, MINING, AND ENERGY RESOURCES IN IDAHO FOR 1977: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 78-1, 1978, P. 20.}{Deposit:: MORRISON-KNUDSON COMPANY, INC.-MINING GROUP. MINE DEPOSIT FILE REPORT, DELAMAR SILVER MINE, JORDON VALLEY, OREGON, FINAL REPORT. USBM CONTRACT NO. SO221028, MAY 1983.}{Deposit:: MAPCO. DELAMAR SILVER MINE. UNDATED, 5 PP.}{Deposit:: RODGERS, WILLIAM H., KENNETH L. MOSS, AND ROBERT E. THOMASON. THE DELAMAR SILVER MINE, AN UPDATE. UNKNOWN PUB., NOV. 1980, 7 PP.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING DELAMAR SILVER MINE-THIRD LARGEST IN UNITED STATES NOW POURING BULLION. NOV 1977, PP 59-61.}{Deposit:: CARTER, RUSSELL A., NATIONS NEWEST SILVER MINE USES OPEN-PIT METHODS. MINING ENGINEERING, JAN. 1978, PP. 41-44.}{Deposit:: MCQUISTON,F.W. JR., AND R.S. SHOEMAKER. GOLD AND SILVER CYANIDATION PLANT PRACTICE, VOLUMN II.}{Deposit:: TALBOTT, LYLE W., AND LAURENCE D. HARTZOG. SEMIAUTOGENOUS GRINDING AT THE DELAMAR SILVER MINE. SME-AIME PRE-PRINT NO. 80-59, FEB.24-28, 1980, 2 PP.}{Deposit:: WORLD MINING, SEPT. 1982, P. 69.}{Deposit:: MAPCO, INC., ANNUAL REPORT 1981.}{Deposit:: MINING RECORD. LUCKY FRIDAY TOP GOLD PRODUCER. NOV. 3, 1982.}{Deposit:: E/MJ. IDAHO, JUNE 1976.}{Deposit:: E/MJ. IDAHO. JAN. 1977, P. 137.}{Deposit:: E/MJ. IDAHO. SEPT. 1976, P. 152.}{Deposit:: E/MJ. 45 TOP U.S. SILVER MINES. JUNE 1982, P. 15.}{Deposit:: NEW YORK TIMES, APRIL 18, 1977, P. 49,51.}{Reserve-Resource:: MINEABLE RESERVES AS OF DEC. 31, 1984 (FROM NERCO, INC. 1984 10-K P.9)}{Reserve-Resource:: NERCO, INC. 1984 FORM 10-K, P. 9.}{Reserve-Resource:: 1994 KINROSS ANNUAL REPORT.}{Reserve-Resource:: KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, FORM 40-F. DEC. 31. 1995. P4.}{Reserve-Resource:: 4/97 - KINROSS GOL* 1996 AR, P. 21.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Puffett, Willard P., Buckingham, David A.