Northern Light 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. Ore body information
  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 10105942
MRDS ID W019499
Record type Site
Current site name Northern Light Mine
Related records 10135460, 10169417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.24523, 47.51427 (WGS84)
Elevation 689
Relative position .75 MI N OF BEELER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(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 17,18,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE PINE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge; Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SOLID ORE ASSAYS GAVE 27 % PB, 30 % ZN, 8 OZ AG/TON MILLING ORE ASSAYS GAVE 3 TO 8 % PB, 6 TO 10 % ZN, 1.5 TO 3 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.24523, 47.51427

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 52 DEG S
    Length 48.77M
    Width 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 250 - Ft Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRICHARD FORMATION STRIKES NW, DIPS NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. G. Harmon; New Era Mines Inc.?
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Light Min. And Mill. Co:, New Era?

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1172.57M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on development

  • 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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