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Crystal Lead Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078305
MRDS ID W026578
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Lead Mine
Related records 10192741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81182, 47.70567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 6 MI NE OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 005E 03 NW OF SW SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81182, 47.70567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mine On Steep Dipping W Limb Of Trout Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG SW
    Length 381M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 134.11M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Footwall Of Shear Zone; Junctions Of Main Shear Zone And Secondary Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eagle District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines Inc

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS 1943-47 AND 1951.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1676.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS ON 4 MAIN AND 3 INTERMEDIATE LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 743

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 -

  • Production

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 743

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL LENGTH IS 440 FT; STEEP SE RAKE ON VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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