REF:Deposit:: ROSS, C. P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM, ALDER CREEK, LITTLE SMOKY, AND WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICTS, CUSTER AND CAMAS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH. 33, 26 P.
Deposit:: SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 12, 196
Commodities (Major) - Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead; (Trace) - Copper
Deposit Type: Vein
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Wood River Formation - Limestone, Quartzite
Host Rock: Quartzite

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