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Vulcan Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Tungsten, Molybdenum, 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 10105940
MRDS ID W019430
Record type Site
Current site name Vulcan Mine
Related records 10192459

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43245, 47.98066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position .75 MI NE OF LAKEVIEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(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 Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 054N 001W 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON VULCAN HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Abundant Gossan; Epidote

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Lakeview Limestone;Wallace Formation-Siltites, Argillites
    Rock description Lakeview Limestone;Wallace Formation-Siltites, Argillites
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43245, 47.98066
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault On The W; Cascade Fault To The E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Contactzone; Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shears And Fissures; Contact Of Limestone - Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer R. Glasscock
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name Lakeview District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cominco American
  • Type Owner
    Owner Vulcan Silver Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 157

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, JAN. 24 , 1969

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER D. F. MAC DONALD, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL., PAMPHLET 156

  • Production

    MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , USGS BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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