| Deposit ID | 10078312 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W026586 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Lion Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Golden Circle Mine, Gold Circle Prospect |
| Related records | 10242011 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.87822, 47.62407 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 853 |
| Relative position | 1 MI W OF MURRAY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shoshone(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Osburn(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
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Shoshone |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 049N | 005E | 06 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Specularite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Prichard Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Prichard Formation | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| (1) | -115.87822, 47.62407 |
|---|
| General form | STRINGERS |
|---|---|
| Strike | E |
| Dip | 25 DEG N |
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1884 |
| Discoverer | Silas Brown |
| District name | Coeur D'Alene District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kings Pass Gold Syndicate |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wylie, William |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 320.04M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W026586 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | WL__68 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P
1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4
SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3 TUNNELS, VEINS RANGE FROM A FEW INCHES WIDE TO MORE THAN 3 FT. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1974 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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