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East Coeur D'Alene Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010254
MRDS ID D003843
Record type Site
Current site name East Coeur D'Alene Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40073, 47.42709 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 2.75 MI N OF HAUGAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haugan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 019N 030W 10 NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE END OF AN UNIMPROVED DIRT ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40073, 47.42709
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Branch Of The Osburn Fault, The Major Structural Feature Of The Region, Is Directly To The S And Trends Nw As Do Most Structural Features Within The Region.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR THE OSBURN FAULT ZONE IN MONTANA GALENA IS THE MOST COMMON ORE AND SPHALGRITE IS ABUNDANT ON SOME PROPERTIES. ALL THE VEINS ARE FISSURE TYPE, FILLING CAVITIES ALONG FRACTURES IN PART AND REPLACING THE WALL ROCK IN PART. IN GENERAL, THE ORE SHOOTS ARE SHORTER IN STRIKE LENGTH THAN IN DIP LENGTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner East Coeur D'Alene Silver Mines Inc.
    Home office Scott Building, Wallace, Idaho 83873

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AT LEAST ONE VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 603 , PL. 48 .

  • Deposit

    GEACH, ROBERT D., 1967 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1967 : STATE OF MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES, BL. 67 , PG. 32 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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