Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc
TertiaryGold, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL VEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore control"Fissure And Shear Zone", "Standard-Mammoth Vein bounded at each end by the Standard and Banner Faults."
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Burke Formation
Structure"Standard Fault, a shear plane subsidiary to the Osburn Fault to the south."
Tectonic setting"Belt Basin"
Alteration"Zone of disseminated siderite extends 10s to 100s of meters out from the veins, passing into a siderite-ankerite zone up to 10s of meters wide, and then into a zone of ankerite-calcite 100s of meters wide."
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1890-1952, 1969
First production1890
Last production1965
Discovery year1887
Identification
Deposit ID10078364
MRDS IDW026657
Alternate namesStandard Mine, Mammoth Mine, Greenhill - Cleveland Mine, Mace Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.52427, -115.83742
References
{Deposit:: Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho: US Geological Survey Professional 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: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 62 , 203 p.}{Deposit:: Umpleby, J. B., and Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology and ore deposits of Shoshone County, Idaho: US Geological Survey Bulletin 732 , 156 p.}{Geology:: Griggs, A. B., 1952 , Geology and notes on ore deposits of Canyon - Nine Mile Creeks Area, Shoshone County, Idaho: US Geological Survey Open File Report 55-55, 108 p.}{Production:: Crosby, Garth M., 1959, The mineral belts north of Osburn fault, Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, GE thesis, 39 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.}