Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc, Silver
SecondaryCopper
TertiaryNickel, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeREPLACEMENT VEIN
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Cerussite
GangueHematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Arsenopyrite, Biotite, Andradite, Grunerite, Adularia, Chlorite, Actinolite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · "Burke Formation", "Prichard Formation"
Structure"West Limb of Burke Anticline", "Hercules-Mercury Fault a shear zone cutting west limb of Burke Anticline. Fault steepens and splays at depth. This fault is complementary to a set of NS faults that join the Osburn and Thompson Pass faults."
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1901-1925, 1930-1931, 1934-1935, 1937-1938, 1941, 1945-1960, 1962, 1964-1965
First production1901
Discovery year1889
Identification
Deposit ID10078354
MRDS IDW026644
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.54297, -115.81822
References
{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 260 , P. 274 - 303 .}{Deposit:: GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , GEOLOGY AND NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS OF CANYON - NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.}{Production:: Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.}{Production:: Long, 1998}