Ambergris Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106001
MRDS ID W026699
Record type Site
Current site name Ambergris Mine
Related records 10232453

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.82292, 47.54927 (WGS84)
Elevation 1745
Relative position ABOUT 6.5 MI NNW OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(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 049N 005E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI SSE OF SUNSET PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bournonite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Upper Prichard Formation;Burke Formation
    Rock description Upper Prichard Formationt;Burke Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.82292, 47.54927

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG SW
    Length 60.96M
    Depth to top 1751.08M
    Depth to bottom 1188.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1919

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Lelande)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hercules Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 41452.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM, ABOVE EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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