King Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105937
MRDS ID W019365
Record type Site
Current site name King Mine
Alternate or previous names Polyastics Corp., New Jersey Cons.?, E Hypotheek?
Related records 10120916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.24353, 47.49767 (WGS84)
Elevation 738
Relative position 2 MI S OF PINEHURST. ADJACENT TO LIBERAL KING AND AMY MATCHLESS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Masonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(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 002E 17,18,19,20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI S OF ANDERSON PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Stains; Pb - Carbonate

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Slate
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.24353, 47.49767

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner King Of Pine Creek Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT FROM WHICH FEW TONS OF ORE EXTRACTED

Comments on development

  • 6 PATENTED CLAIMS, 143 ACRES OF DEEDED LANDS, AND 150 ACRES OF MINERAL RIGHTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C., 1909 , A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 384 , 112 P.

  • Deposit

    MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 30 , 1972 ; JAN. 26 , 1973 ; OCT. 27 , 1970

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER D. F. MAC DONALD BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON F. C. CALKINS, BULL. 384

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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