Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryCopper, Zinc
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT VEIN
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore control"Intersection of faults with favorable stratigraphy"
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Cerussite
GangueQuartz, Siderite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Calcite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · "Burke Formation", "Upper Prichard Formation"
Structure"Host fault for the Hecla vein is a feather joint off a N-S shear, part of system of N-S shears that connect the Osburn and Thompson Pass faults."
Tectonic setting"Belt Basin"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1898-1951
First production1897
Discovery year1885
Identification
Deposit ID10078357
MRDS IDW026649
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.51847, -115.81742
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:: RANSOM, 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 IN 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, K.R., 1998, Grade and tonnage models for Coeur d'Alene-type polymetallic veins: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-583m 28 p.}