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Four Square Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078341
MRDS ID W026628
Record type Site
Current site name Four Square Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Winnie Mine, Golden Winnie Group, Crown Point Group, Flagstaff Group, Achievement Mine, Friday Mine
Related records 10290300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90103, 47.62567 (WGS84)
Elevation 829
Relative position 2 MI W OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prichard(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 049N 004E 01,02 NE OF SE OF NE (02) Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Gouge; Ankerite; Sericite; Chlorite; Silicification

Analytical data

Result MILL FEED 1934 CONTAINED 0.17 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.90103, 47.62567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Displace Veins 1 To 20 Ft

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON, IRREGULAR, KIDNEY
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG N
    Length 304.8M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Contact; Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer E. M. Smith, R. J. Linden, F. Jenkins, A. Aulbach, C. W. O'Neil

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Can-Am Gold Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT $250,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM THE FOUR SQUARE (ITEM 8), AND $600,000 PRODUCED FROM CROWN POINT BEFORE 1968. ITEM 9 SHIPPED FROM CROWN POINT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1298.45M

Comments on development

  • 23 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 3 PATENTED CLAIMS; INCLUDES OLD ACHIEVEMENT MINE WHICH PRODUCED W AND AU BEFORE THE 1950'S, WITH MILL, CAMP, AND ARRASTRE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, APRIL 17 , 1974

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 30 , 1974

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975 , ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974 , USBM, BOISE, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    5) UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.

  • Deposit

    6) 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

    7) RANSOME, F. L., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 260 , P. 274 - 303

  • Deposit

    1905 OTHER F. L. RANSOME, BULL. 260

  • Deposit

    1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, 1974 MINING ACTIVITY

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 47 . RANSOME AND CALKINS, 1908 , USGS PP 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO. 1 VEIN STRIKES N 60 DEG W, DIPS 55 DEG N; NO. 2 VEIN STRIKES N 63 DEG W TO N 80 DEG W, DIPS 40 TO 60 DEG N. CROWN POINT VEIN STRIKES N 15 TO 40 DEG E, DIPS 70 DEG E TO VERTICAL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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