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Wakeup Jim Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten
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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 10078342
MRDS ID W026629
MAS/MILS ID 0160790485
Record type Site
Current site name Wakeup Jim Mine
Alternate or previous names Union

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88132, 47.61157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 2.5 MI SW OF MURRAY; BY ROAD, 2 MI E OF KINGS PASS

Site location context

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

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 12 SWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • The Wakeup Jim Mine Is Near the Head of Trail Creek and By Airline About 1-1/2 Miles Southwest of Murray. By Road It Is 2 Miles East of Kings Pass.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result GOLD CONTENT AVGD 1 - 2 OZ/TON ( 1953

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88132, 47.61157
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Layering In The Vein

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, IRREGULAR
    Strike NNE
    Dip 20 DEG E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Low Angle Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer Sam Starr, Tom Schuster, Ward Brothers
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sundance Min. Devel. Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sundance Min. Devel., Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1934
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.168 - 2.089 Oz/Ton Au, 1.53 - 1.7 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 46g/mt
    Ore Gold Gold 34g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • In Early 1890'S, $16,000 Rich Ore Mined Shortly After Discovery.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 Levels Developed

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

    Spokane Chronicle, Dec. 14 , 1973 ; Nov. 7 , 1967

  • Deposit

    Hosterman, J. W., 1956 , Geology Of The Murray Area, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1027 - P, P. 725 - 748

  • Deposit

    1938 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 47

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1967 Geochem Sundance Min. Devel. Inc.

  • Production

    Shenon, P. J., 1938 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 47 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    IBMG, Mines And Prospects Of The Wallace Quad.,Idaho,1981, Hustedde, Et Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Dip of Fault Ranges 10 To 30 Deg E, But Locally Steepens To 50 To 60 Deg E
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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