Great Dunkard Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105943
MRDS ID W019517
Record type Site
Current site name Great Dunkard Mine
Alternate or previous names Pearson, Great Dunker
Related records 10266162

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.27103, 47.49177 (WGS84)
Elevation 901
Relative position 7.5 MI SW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Crags(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 001E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN A SMALL GULCH TRIBUTARY TO ROSS FORK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Blue And Green Slates, Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Blue And Green Slates, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.27103, 47.49177

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Coeur D' Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A. B., AND GOOD, S. E., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE TWIN CRAGS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1142-A, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 710 , 36 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 710

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1963 GEOLMAP CAMPBELL AND GOOD, BULL. 1142-A

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 123 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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