National Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078412
MRDS ID W026725
Record type Site
Current site name National Mine
Alternate or previous names United Copper Property
Related records 10266311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.76322, 47.49017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1231
Relative position 1.5 MI NE OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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)

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 048N 005E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF DEADMAN GULCH.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result TENOR OF ORE LESS THAN 3 % CU, 3 OZ AG, TRACE AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation; Revett Formation; St. Regis Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formationt;Revett Formation;St. Regis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.76322, 47.49017

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 DEG SW
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 106.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner United Copper

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1310.64M
    Overall depth 365.76M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references