Carbonate

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073425
MRDS ID W019502
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate
Alternate or previous names Epic Silver Project, New Era
Related records 10281435

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23913, 47.50237 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 6 MI SW OF KELLOGG

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)

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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 002E 16,17,18,07,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS NEW GENERAL AND ASARCO'S PAGE GROUP. ON E SIDE OF PINE CREEK OPPOSITE BEELER.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.6 OZ AG, 0.08 OZ AU/TON IN 1920.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Middle Prichard Form.-Shale, Slate, Quartzite
    Rock description Middle Prichard Form.-Shale, Slate, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23913, 47.50237

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer G. A. Smith

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Epic Silver, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Era Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • FROM PINE CREEK AREA

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH REFERS TO WORKINGS IN 1920

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED AND 77 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ON PINE CREEK AND 16 CLAIMS S OF SILVER BOWL HELD BY COMPANY. THE 165 CLAIMS HELD BY EPIC SILVER PROJECT ALSO INCLUDE LOOKOUT MTN., SPOKANE NAT'L AND SIGNAL SILVER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 95 , 117

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 12 , 1968 ; JAN. 30 , 1968 ; FEB 5 , 1969

  • Deposit

    JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 710 , 36 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 71

  • Production

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES, P. 95.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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