Located in the mouth of California Creek, a tributary of Beaver Creek, approximately 4.2 miles (6.8 kilometers) west of Murray, Idaho.

Commodities (Major) - Silver; (Trace) - Lead

Development Status: Unknown

Host Rock Unit(s): Wallace Formation, Burke Formation

Host Rock(s): Quartzite, Argillite

Structure(s): Dobson Pass Fault (numerous unnamed branches from the Dobson Pass Fault cross the area)

Alteration(s): Unknown

Deposit Type(s): Vein

Tectonic Structure: Belt Basin

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Silver

List of minerals for each chemical element

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10290301

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

USA

Idaho
- Coeur d'Alene Mining DistrictMining District
- Shoshone County
  - Beaver Mining DistrictMining District
Montana
- North Montana Thrust BeltBasin

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References

idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu (n.d.) https://idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu/webmap/WebData/Mines.asp?Operation=Details&IDs=WL0091

WESTERN MINING NEWS (1975), 1974-75 DIRECTORY OF MINES.

Hustedde G.S., Strowd W.B., Bennett E.H., Mitchell, V.E., (1981), Mines and Prospects map series, Spokane quadrangle, MPM-20.

U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995), Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS), U.S. Bureau of Mines, file ID #0160790480.

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Commodity List

List of minerals for each chemical element

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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

References

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