Mc Curkle - Shane Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070235
MRDS ID W012995
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Curkle - Shane Mine
Alternate or previous names Mc Corkle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06791, 44.56566 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 3 MI W OF IRON MTN DIST; ABOUT 20 MI N OF WEISER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 09 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result UP TO 10% CU. SOME ORE CARRIED 150 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Metamorphosed Shale And Limestone
    Rock description Metamorphosed Shale And Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06791, 44.56566

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding And Doming Of The Strata

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1898

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1919, PRODUCTION OF ORE RUNNING 70-80 OZ/TON AG AND 5% CU TOTALED 2 CARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1918, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R.N., 1920 , TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919 , P. 88

  • Deposit

    1919 COMPILE 20TH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1918

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13

  • Production

    BELL, R.N., 1920 , STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1919

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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