Union Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078419
MRDS ID W026737
MAS/MILS ID 0160790465
Record type Site
Current site name Union Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81992, 47.52457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position .5 MI NW 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 09 N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S of Custer Peak.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Green Biotite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Formation;Upper Prichard Formation
    Rock description Burke Formationt;Upper Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81992, 47.52457

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Length 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period Thru 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 7.5% Pb, 1.9% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 8wt-pct
    Trace Ore Zinc Zinc 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 90g/mt

Comments on development

  • 18 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit In Tamarack - Marsh Mineral Subbelt

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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