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Merger Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073440
MRDS ID W019529
Record type Site
Current site name Merger Mine
Alternate or previous names Camp Project
Related records 10168760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.01714, 47.49709 (WGS84)
Elevation 861
Relative position 1 MI S OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 23,24,25,26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SILVER SUMMIT ADJOINS ON THE W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description St. Regis Formation-Quartzite, 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) Prichard Formation.
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Economic information

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 (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Merger Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2651.76M
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on development

  • 33 PATENTED, 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE NORTHERNMOST CLAIMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CAMP PROJECT. 2000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D' ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 84

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, O. T., 1966 , 66 TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICT OF IDAHO FOR 1966 , P. 94

  • Deposit

    1966 OTHER STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S 66 TH ANN. REPT

Reporter information

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

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