Stanley Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Mercury, Lead, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078358
MRDS ID W026651
MAS/MILS ID 0160790411
Record type Site
Current site name Stanley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81042, 47.52737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1227
Relative position 0.2 MI NE 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)

South Fork 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 048N 005E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Gorge Gulch.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Mercury Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81042, 47.52737

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Osburn Fault; Complex Folding And Faulting (Nw-Se) Accompanied By Fracturing, Shearing, Jointing

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 DEG E
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Day Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Period 1906-1942
    Material CROSBY, 1969 COLO SCH MINES QRTRLY VOL 64 NO 1 P 169-194
    Ore mined 1324mt
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Tertiary Silver Silver 9g/mt
    Tertiary Lead Lead 1wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Period Thru 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.5% Sb
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 8g/mt
    Trace Ore Antimony Antimony 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • Crosby (1969) gives total production from 1906-1942 as 1459 (1324 Metric Tons) with an average grade of 0.3 Oz Ag per to 0z Au per ton and 0.5% Pb.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 874.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • Length is a 1960 figure

Comments on development

  • 15 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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