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Treasure Vault Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078442
MRDS ID W026772
MAS/MILS ID 0160790412
Record type Site
Current site name Treasure Vault Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88932, 47.53097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Relative position 1.75 MI NW OF GEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(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 004E 01 NWSWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Head of Ninemile Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88932, 47.53097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, REPLACEMENT, FISSURE VEIN
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 89 DEG SW
    Thickness 120.4M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 99.06M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • FAULTING
  • FRACTURING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District
District name Placer Center

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • 8-75 Crosby (Unpublished Report) Shows 500 Short Tons Production From the Treasure Vault Mine Averaging 1.0 Oz Ag Per Ton, 3. and 8.0 % Zn. 12-75 Griggs (1952) Shows Production As 50 Short Tons With of 50 Oz Ag, 3,428 Lbs Pb, and 8,790 Lbs Zn.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 419.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • Length Workings A 1960 Figure

Comments on development

  • 4 Patented Claims

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-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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