Description
JOHN CARTON; ALMEDA SEYMOUR
Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeHYDROTHERMAL VEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Model{85: Polymetallic veins}
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formPINCH AND SWELL
Ore control"Tiger-Poorman Lode, A Fault Which Strikes N 60 Deg W, Dips 80 Deg SW"
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Burke Formation
Associated rockMeta-Argillite · Prichard Formation
Structure"Granite Peak Syncline", "O'Neill Gulch Fault, A reverse fault which moved Prichard Fm up against Burke Fm", "Tiger-Poorman Lode"
Tectonic setting"Belt Basin"
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1888-1919, 1941, 1943, 1951-1952; 1961
First production1888
Last production1952
Discovery year1884
Identification
Deposit ID10105998
MRDS IDW026650
Alternate namesPoorman Mine, Tiger Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates47.52377, -115.81292
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.}{Geology:: 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.}{Geology:: Hobbs, W., Griggs, A.B., Wallace, R.E., and Campbell, A.B., 1965, Geology of the Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS PP 478, 139 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.}{Reserve-Resource:: Yeatman, Pope, 1907, Preliminary statement of investigation of the Federal Mining & Smelting Company's property in the Coeur d'Alenes, Idaho: New York, Federal M&S internal report, 8 p.}