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Sierra Nevada Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073354
MRDS ID W019398
Record type Site
Current site name Sierra Nevada Mine
Related records 10266300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16633, 47.51847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI W OF WARDNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(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 002E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SIDE OF DEADWOOD GULCH; LOCATION UNCERTAIN WITHIN SEC 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Revett Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Revett Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16633, 47.51847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CURVED SHEET
    Strike S 45 DEG W
    Dip 0
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Which Strikes N 45 Deg W And Dips 38 Deg Sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1886

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1886
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47 % Pb, 60 - 90 Oz Ag / Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 2118g/mt
    Lead Lead 47wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1886 RAN 47% PB AND 60-90 OZ/TON AG.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1920.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH WORKINGS GIVEN FOR 1921

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

    RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 260 , P. 274 - 303

  • Deposit

    GERRY, C. N., 1923 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, ZINC IN IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 418

  • Deposit

    1905 OTHER F. L. RANSOME, BULL. 260

  • Deposit

    1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P. GERRY, C. N., 1923 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921 , PT. 1 : USGS, P. 418 . GERRY, C. N., 1919 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917 , PT. 1 : USGS, P. 491

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN RANGES IN DIP FROM HORIZONTAL TO 40 DEG SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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