Vendetta Chief Mine

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097444
MRDS ID W026634
MAS/MILS ID 0160790443
Record type Site
Current site name Vendetta Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81272, 47.58987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122
Relative position 3 MI SE OF MURRAY, 4.5 MI N 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)

Upper 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 049N 005E 15 NW OF SW SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

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 Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81272, 47.58987

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer W. Kincannon, C. F. Lillie ?

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Summit)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sundance Min. Devel. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on development

  • 3 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, Dec. 14 , 1973 ; Jan. 19 , 1968 ; Dec. 15 , 1976

  • Deposit

    Hosterman,1956, USGS B-1027-P.

  • Deposit

    1953 Geolmap J. W. Hosterman, Bulletin 1027 - P

  • Deposit

    1976 Geolmap Sundance Min. Devel. Co.

  • Deposit

    IBMG,Mines And Prospects Of The Wallace Quad.,Idaho, 1981, Hustedde, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.