Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondarySilver, Copper
TertiaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL REPLACEMENT VEIN
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore control"Fault Zone; Favorable stratigraphy (quartzite)."
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Biotite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · "Upper Prichard Formation", "Burke Formation"
Structure"Osburn Fault (WNW) to the south.", "Frisco Fault, a shear sypathetic to the Osburn Fault.", "Cross faults"
Tectonic setting"Belt Basin"
Alteration"Sericite; Chlorite; Garnet"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1889-1913, 1915-1957, 1966-1967
First production1896
Last production1967
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10078363
MRDS IDW026656
Alternate namesBadger Mine, Black Bear Mine, Frisco Mine, Gem Mine, Gem of the Mountains Mine, Milwaukee Mine, San Francisco Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.50957, -115.86132
References
{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. R., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 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 IN THE CANYON-NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN FILE REPT., 108 P.}{Production:: CROSBY, G. M., 1959 , The mineral belts north of the Osburn Fault, Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho: Minneapolis, Univeristy of Minnesota, G.E. Thesis, 39 p.}{Production:: Long, K.R., 1988, Grade and tonnage models for Coeur d'Alene-type polymetallic veins: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-583, 28 p.}