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Monitor Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105995
MRDS ID W026609
Record type Site
Current site name Monitor Mine
Alternate or previous names Montana - Idaho Mine
Related records 10241819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.57434, 47.35181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI SW OF SALTESE, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 046N 007E 08,09,10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND ON THE IDAHO SIDE OF STATE LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Lower Wallace Formation
    Rock description Lower Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.57434, 47.35181
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Montana Idaho Copper Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 18wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2743.2M
    Overall depth 548.64M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KATZ, F. J., 1928 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 , PT. I - METALS: USBM, P. 539 - 550

  • Deposit

    GERRY, C. N., 1925 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 242

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61 .

  • Deposit

    5) COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139 .

  • Deposit

    6) GERRY, C. N., 1920 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1918 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 492

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1911 OTHER J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 470

  • Deposit

    1914 OTHER CALKINS AND JONES, BULL. 540 { 1925 COMPILE C. N. GERRY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U. S., 1922

  • Deposit

    1928 COMPILE US BUR MINES, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U. S., 1925

  • Production

    CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211 . BELL, R. N., 1906 , 7TH ANN. REPT. OF IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1905 , P. 129

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MONITOR VEIN HIT 3865 FT FROM PORTAL

Reporter information

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

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