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Crown Point Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073447
MRDS ID W019538
Record type Site
Current site name Crown Point Mine
Related records 10120636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17543, 47.52627 (WGS84)
Elevation 785
Relative position 1.75 MI WNW 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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Form-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description St. Regis Form-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) -116.17543, 47.52627
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Osburn Fault Dips 50 Deg S.

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 25 DEG NE
    Width 6.1M

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) Or Bunker Hill Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF PB-ZN ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1918.

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

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 73

  • Production

    GERRY, C. N., 1920 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1918 , PT. 1: USGS, P. 495

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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