Denver Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073427
MRDS ID W019505
Record type Site
Current site name Denver Mine
Related records 10144772

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.19663, 47.49067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1120
Relative position 5 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

Masonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(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 22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO THE SIDNEY GROUP ON THE W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYS SAID TO RUN 31 % PB, 20 % ZN, 19 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.19663, 47.49067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 42.67M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Nabob Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Denver Development Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Measured 3956000mt ore
    Indicated 7018000mt ore
    Inferred 4390000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 10 wt-pct Lead Major 1944
    Zinc Zn 17 wt-pct Zinc Major 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 36.58M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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