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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Quartz Monzonite
- Associated rock
- Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite — Quartz Monzonite
Shear Zone
Fe Stain
Mining history
- Status
- Prospect
- Operation type
- Surface-Underground
Records and references
Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10070937 — view the source record
Difficulty
Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: 44.59958, -115.03704
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