Nipsic Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078353
MRDS ID W026643
Record type Site
Current site name Nipsic Mine
Alternate or previous names Nepric Mine
Related records 10266180

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84882, 47.56067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1652
Relative position 3 MI NW OF BURKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 005E 29 SE OF SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.84882, 47.56067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG SW
    Thickness 121.92M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 1722.12M
    Depth to bottom 1600.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner David Wilkerson

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period Thru 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.8 Oz Ag/Ton, 2.2 % Pb, 10.6 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 11wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 23g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION OF TRACE MERCURY IN ROCKS, COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: QUART. COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , GEOLOGY AND NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS IN CANYON - NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S. W., AND OTHERS, 2965, GEOLOGY OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO, USGS PROF PAPER 478

  • Deposit

    1919 DIREXPL INTERSTATE CALLAHAN MIN. CO.

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP A. B. GRIGGS, OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, 1974 MINING ACTIVITY LIST

  • Production

    CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173 . GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM ARE EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.