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Sisters Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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 10078418
MRDS ID W026735
Record type Site
Current site name Sisters Mine
Alternate or previous names Sierra Silver Lead Mine
Related records 10193563

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90292, 47.48767 (WGS84)
Elevation 907
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 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

Wallace(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 004E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON NW SIDE OF CANYON CREEK, NEAR WOODLAND PARK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES ASSAYED 8.7 TO 44.2% PB AND 6.2 TO 27.3 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Burke Formation;Wallace Formation
    Rock description Burke Formationt;Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.90292, 47.48767
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Osburn Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES AND STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

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 (Placer Center)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sierra Silver Lead Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1032.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH WORKINGS IS A 1944 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 13 PATENTED CLAIMS (ABOUT 220 ACRES) INCLUDING THE HALIFAX, BOUNDARY, ALEXANDRIA, AND MILTON CLAIMS. COMPANY HAS TOTAL OF ABOUT 200 ACRES N OF OSBURN FAULT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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