Evolution Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073327
MRDS ID W019361
Record type Site
Current site name Evolution Mine
Related records 10193543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02713, 47.51547 (WGS84)
Elevation 754
Relative position 1.5 MI NW OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 11,12,13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ACROSS RIVER FROM SILVER DOLLAR MINING CO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.02713, 47.51547

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, SEAMS, PATCHES
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG SW
    Length 182.88M
    Width 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer A. J. Prichard
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co. (Coeur D'Alene Crescent)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 822.96M
    Overall depth 80.77M

Comments on development

  • 7 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic 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

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 29 , 1969 ; JAN. 16 , 1968 ; FEB. 12 , 1968 ; JULY 28 , 1967

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE REVIEW, SEPT. 21 , 1969

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1969 DIREXPL SUNSHINE MIN. CO.

  • Deposit

    1969 GEOCHEM SUNSHINE MIN. CO.

  • Deposit

    1969 GEOLMAP SUNSHINE MIN. CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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