Standard - Mammoth Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Mineral occurrence model information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Production statistics
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10078364
MRDS ID	W026657
Record type	Site
Current site name	Standard - Mammoth Mine
Alternate or previous names	Mace Mine, Standard Mine, Mammoth Mine, Greenhill - Cleveland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Geographic coordinates:	Elevation	Relative position
	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	1516	north side of Canyon Creek
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	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	1448	north side of Canyon Creek
	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	1065	north side of Canyon Creek
	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	1363	north side of Canyon Creek
	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	1286	north side of Canyon Creek
	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	1221	north side of Canyon Creek
	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	1086	north side of Canyon Creek
	-115.83742, 47.52427 (WGS84)	863	east side of Canyon Creek

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	08,09		Idaho

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

BARIUM PRESENT IN ANALYSED ORE. MINE IN THE REX-SNOWSTORM MINERAL BELT.
Standard-Mammoth Mill was located down Canyon Creek from the mine at a point just northeast of Wallace in section 26, T48N R4E.

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Galena	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Tetrahedrite	Ore
Barite	Gangue
Hematite	Gangue
Magnetite	Gangue
Pyrite	Gangue
Pyrrhotite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue
Siderite	Gangue
Arsenopyrite	Trace
Azurite	Trace
Massicot	Trace
Calcite	Trace
Chalcostibite	Trace
Plattnerite	Trace
Pyrargyrite	Trace
Pyromorphite	Trace
Silver	Trace
Cerussite	Trace

Alteration

(Local) Zone of disseminated siderite extends 10s to 100s of meters out from the veins, passing into a siderite-ankerite zone up to 10s of meters wide, and then into a zone of ankerite-calcite 100s of meters wide.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code	85
USGS model code	22c
Deposit model name	Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number	46

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Rock unit name

Burke Formation

Rock description

Burke Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap
(2)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap
(3)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap
(4)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap
(5)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap
(6)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap
(7)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap
(8)	-115.83742, 47.52427	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Standard Fault, a shear plane subsidiary to the Osburn Fault to the south.

Ore body information

Name	Standard-Mammoth Vein
General form	PINCH AND SWELL
Strike	N 83 DEG W
Dip	85 DEG NNE
Thickness	1136.9M
Length	609.6M
Width	4.57M
Depth to top	1554.48M
Depth to bottom	417.58M

Comments on the ore body information

The Standard-Mammoth orebody pitches steeply down to the east coincident with the intersection of the vein with the Standard Fault on the vein's east end. The vein frays out and narrows to the west.

Controls for ore emplacement

Fissure And Shear Zone
Standard-Mammoth Vein bounded at each end by the Standard and Banner Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Large
Significant	Yes
Discovery year	1887
Year of first production	1890
Year of last production	1965
Plant type	Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory	Flotation
Milling method	Flotation
Production years	1890-1952, 1969

Mining district

District name	Lelande

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner The Standard Mining Co.

Interest 100

Home office Wallace, Idaho

First year 1891

Last year 1903
Type Owner-Operator

Owner Mammoth Mining Co.

Interest 100

Home office Wallace, Idaho

First year 1886

Last year 1903
Type Owner-Operator

Owner Federal Mining & Smelting Co.

Interest 100

Home office New York

First year 1903

Last year 1953
Type Owner-Operator

Owner Green Hill-Cleveland Mining Co.

Interest 100

Home office Missoula, Montana

First year 1912

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	The Standard Mining Co.
Interest	100
Home office	Wallace, Idaho
First year	1891
Last year	1903

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Mammoth Mining Co.
Interest	100
Home office	Wallace, Idaho
First year	1886
Last year	1903

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Federal Mining & Smelting Co.
Interest	100
Home office	New York
First year	1903
Last year	1953

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Green Hill-Cleveland Mining Co.
Interest	100
Home office	Missoula, Montana
First year	1912

Production statistics

Year

1917

Period

1887-1917

Material

Ore

Ore mined

4028660mt

Accuracy

Accurate

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
Major		Silver	Silver	1085mt	264g/mt

Year

1959

Period

1901-1952

Material

Ore

Ore mined

4441580mt

Accuracy

Accurate

Description

Cp_Grade: ^6.5 Oz/Ton Ag, 7.5% Pb, 0.2% Zn

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
Major	Ore	Lead	Lead		8wt-pct

Year

1983

Period

1887-1965

Material

Ore

Ore mined

3414547mt

Accuracy

Accurate

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
Minor	smelter recovery	Zinc	Zinc	6252mt	1wt-pct

Year

1983

Period

1902-1918

Material

Ore

Ore mined

717989mt

Accuracy

Accurate

Importance	Item	Commodity	Group	Amount recovered	Grade	Recovery percentage
Trace	smelter recovery	Copper	Copper	93mt	0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

Crosby (1959) combined production of Standard-Mammoth and Greenhill-Cleveland mines.
Asarco data; includes Standard, Mammoth, and Greenhill-Cleveland mines.
Mitchell and Bennett (1983) using US Bureau of Mines and Asarco data. "Grades" are in terms of metal recovered at smelter per ton of ore, not the amount of metal in the ore. Data for Standard-Mammoth mine only.
Mitchell and Bennet (1983) from US Bureau of Mines data. "Grades" are reported in terms of reovered metal per ton, not the amount of metal in ore. Production for Greenhill-Cleveland mine only.

Comments on the reserve resource information

Reserves long depleted.

Workings at the site

Type of workings Underground

Name of workings Campbell Adit

Length 884
Type of workings Underground

Name of workings Mammoth No. 6 Adit

Length 1067
Type of workings Underground

Name of workings Standard Shaft
Type of workings Underground

Name of workings Standard No. 5 Adit

Length 177
Type of workings Underground

Name of workings Standard No. 4 Adit

Length 91
Type of workings Underground

Name of workings Mammoth No. 2 Adit

Length 213

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	Campbell Adit
Length	884

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	Mammoth No. 6 Adit
Length	1067

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	Standard Shaft

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	Standard No. 5 Adit
Length	177

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	Standard No. 4 Adit
Length	91

Type of workings	Underground
Name of workings	Mammoth No. 2 Adit
Length	213

Comments on the workings information

DEPTH BELOW SURFACE IS A 1923 FIGURE

Comments on development

3 PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE STANDARD-MAMMOTH GROUP; 34 PATENTED CLAIMS IN THE MACE GROUP.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W026657
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	WL_254	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 445 , 103 p.
Deposit

Ransome, F. L., and Calkins, F. C., 1908 , The geology and ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 62 , 203 p.
Deposit

Umpleby, J. B., and Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology and ore deposits of Shoshone County, Idaho: US Geological Survey Bulletin 732 , 156 p.
Geology

Griggs, A. B., 1952 , Geology and notes on ore deposits of Canyon - Nine Mile Creeks Area, Shoshone County, Idaho: US Geological Survey Open File Report 55-55, 108 p.
Production

Crosby, Garth M., 1959, The mineral belts north of Osburn fault, Coeur d'Alene district, Shoshone County, Idaho: Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, GE thesis, 39 p.
Production

Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM, ARE EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION ON STANDARD-MAMMOTH VEIN
Deposit	MAMMOTH MINE PORTION HAD OXIDIZED ORE NEAR SURFACE. BURKE FORMATION STRIKES N 39 DEG W, DIPS 45 - 75 DEG SW.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-JAN-1975	Miller, Pat J.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	25-FEB-2005	Long, Keith R.	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	17-OCT-1990	Kauffman, John D.	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Wikidata: Q49450947 (Standard Mammoth Mine)

Standard - Mammoth Mine

Geologic information

Identification information

Geographic coordinates

Site location context

Geographic areas

Public Land Survey System information

Commodities

Comments on the commodity information

Materials information

Alteration

Mineral occurrence model information

Host and associated rocks

Nearby scientific data

Economic information

Geologic structures

Ore body information

Comments on the ore body information

Controls for ore emplacement

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Mining district

Land status

Ownership information

Production statistics

Comments on the production information

Comments on the reserve resource information

Workings at the site

Comments on the workings information

Comments on development

Reference information

Links to other databases

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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Geology

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Production

General comments

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