Located in the headwaters of Horseshoe Creek, a tributary of Slate Creek and the St. Joe River, approximately 6.3 miles (10.1 kilometers) southeast of Wallace, Idaho.
Commodities (Major) - Gold; (Trace) - Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Development Status: Unknown
Host Rock Unit(s): Wallace Formation
Host Rock(s): Quartzite
Structure(s): Unknown
Alteration(s): Unknown
Deposit Type(s):
Tectonic Structure: Belt Basin

Commodity List

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ⓘ Gold

List of minerals for each chemical element

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10265977

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

USA

Montana
- North Montana Thrust BeltBasin

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References

Kinghorn and Fica, 1979, Final Annual Report, Idaho Department of Labor & Industrial Services.

Hustedde G.S., Strowd W.B., Mitchell V.E., Bennett E.H., 1981, Mines and Prospects of the Wallace Quadrangle, Idaho, Mines and Prospects Maps (MPM), MPM-20

idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu (n.d.) https://idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu/webmap/WebData/Mines.asp?Operation=Details&IDs=WL0492

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