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Terrible Edith Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Tungsten, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078309
MRDS ID W026582
MAS/MILS ID 0160790126
Record type Site
Current site name Terrible Edith Mine
Alternate or previous names Midland, Pontiac, Edith Murray, Golden Chest, Paymaster, Katie, Dora, Johnson Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.82712, 47.63427 (WGS84)
Elevation 948
Relative position 1.5 MI E 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 33 SW Idaho
Boise 049N 005E 03,04 SE OF SW OF SW (04) Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite; Albite; Chlorite; Apatite; Zircon; Gouge

Analytical data

Result MILL HEADS CARRIED 1.4 OZ/TON AU
Result CONTENT OF CUT SAMPLES RANGED FROM 0.062 TO 0.186 OZ/TON AU. OTHER ASSAYS: .01 - 4.30 OZ/TON AU ON 100 VEIN SAMPLES IN 1969

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.82712, 47.63427
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Veins Are Parallel To Folds; Brecciation. Shear Zones Strike N 15 - 20 Deg W, Dip 40 - 60 Deg Sw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, STRINGERS
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 45.72M
  • General form FISSURE VEIN, REPLACEMENT
    Strike N32W
    Dip 40W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure; Fracture; Bedding; Contact Of Quartzite And Schistose Slate

Comments on the geologic information

  • Prichard Strikes N 20 - 30 Deg E, Dips 30 - 45 Deg Nw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Discoverer J. Woods, W. Snyder, P. Flynn
Year of first production 1884

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District
District name Summit

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Terrible Edith Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Enterprising Engineers
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1933
    Period 1904-1933
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^34% Pb, 17.8% Zn, 2.7 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 76g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 18wt-pct
    Ore Lead Lead 34wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • About $1,400,000 Production In Au and Small Shipments of Scheelite. No Production Reported For 1905-1910, 1914, 1917-20, 1922-25, and 1931-1932. No Production 1921, 1929. Production Reported Only 1911, 1916, 1929-30, and 1933. No Production 1921, 1927-29. Production of Au-Ag-Zn-Pb Ore In 1974.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3962.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 Tunnels. Over 13000 Ft Drifts and Crosscuts In Addition To Many Hundreds of Ft of Raises and Winzes

Comments on development

  • 29 Unpatented Claims; 34 Patented, 7 Unpatented Claims Belonging To John Green Under Lease and In 1968 , 82 Claims Were Added. 2) Above Refers To Production Records Compiled By USGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Western Mining News, 1974 - 75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington, P. 53 , 151

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., 1938 , Geology And Ore Deposits Near Murray, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 47 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    Ransome, F. L., And Calkins, F. C., 1908 , The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 62 , 203 P.

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, June 13 , 1972 ; May 26 , 1971 ; Mar. 6 , 1969 ; Dec. 18 , 1968

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975 , Activity List Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974 , USBM, Boise, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    Ransome, F. L., 1905 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 260 , P. 274 - 303

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1905 , Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1904 , P. 121

  • Deposit

    Goodrich, R.H., And Holden, N.E., 1917, Experiments In The Recovery Of Tungsten And Gold In The Murray District, Idaho: American Institute Of Mining And Metallurgy, Eng. Trans., V. 58 , P. 224-231.

  • Deposit

    1905 Compile Idaho Mine Inspector'S Ann. Rept. For 1904

  • Deposit

    1908 Geolmap Ransome And Calkins, Prof. Paper 62

  • Deposit

    1924 Other V. C. Heikes, C. N. Gerry

  • Deposit

    1938 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 47

  • Deposit

    1953 Geolmap J. W. Hosterman, Bulletin 1027 - P

  • Deposit

    1975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974

  • Deposit

    Umpleby And Jones, 1923, USGS Bull 732, P. 105

  • Production

    Shenon, P. J., 1938 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 47 . Spokane Chronicle, May 20 , 1974; Ap. 29 , 1970. Cook, E. F., 1955 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 102

  • Deposit

    Bell ,1913, Fourteenth Ann Rept Mining Ind Idaho For 1912

  • Deposit

    Shannon, 1926, Us National Museum Bull 131, P 112

  • Deposit

    Hosterman, 1956, USGS P-1027-P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Terrible Edith Worked By Pontiac Land and Mineral Co. In 1928
Deposit Shear Zones Strike N 15 To 20 Deg W, Dip 40 To 60 Deg Sw. Almost Continuous Ore For 2000 Ft

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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