Blue Grouse Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078397
MRDS ID W026704
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Grouse Mine
Alternate or previous names Alpine Silver, Inc.
Related records 10241535

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86662, 47.56127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI NE OF WALLACE

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 30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG CARBON CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN THE HERCULES-CARLISLE MINERAL BELT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86662, 47.56127

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG SW
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 70.1M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to top 1353.31M
    Depth to bottom 1292.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1949

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alpine Silver, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period Thru 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.5% Pb, 6.8% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 34g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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