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Big Creek Apex Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10107339
MRDS ID W019557
Record type Site
Current site name Big Creek Apex Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Creek Mine, Crane
Related records 10121008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07186, 47.50765 (WGS84)
Elevation 807
Relative position 3 MI SW OF OSBURN. E EDGE OF PROPERTY CLOSE TO SUNSHINE JEWELL SHAFT. 3.75 MI SE OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(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 003E 15,16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W OF BIG CREEK. ADJOINS SUNSHINE MIN. PROPERTY ON THE E, AND CRESCENT ON N AND W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAY FROM 1 CORE: 171 OZ AG / TON OVER 2 FT AND ANOTHER 83 OZ AG / TON OVER 1.5 FT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 30 - 32 % CU AND FROM 1200 - 1400 OZ. AG IN SOME ASSAYS (1923)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation-Calc. Quartzite, Argillite;St. Regis Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Wallace Formation-Calc. Quartzite, Argillite;St. Regis Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.07186, 47.50765
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Silver Syndicate Fault On Length Of Property

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike NW
    Dip S
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Creek Apex Mining Co.; Sunshine Con. Inc. ( 70 % )

Production statistics

  • Year 1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^30.21 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 955g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FROM SNOWSTORM AND APEX AREAS IN D1 , D2 , D4 . 1968 PRODUCTION ( D5 ) GAVE 93 % OF THE INCOME WITH SOME CU, PB, AND SB. 1973 ORE ( D2 ) GAVE 36,503 OZ AG, 13,222 LBS. CU, AND 8,731 LBS SB. { 950 TONS ORE FROM SNOWSTORM AREA AVERAGED $ 102 / TON IN AG GAVE APEX $ 47000 RETURN IN LAST HALF OF 1973 . { 1972 PRODUCTION GAVE 25,754 OZ AG, 7,886 LBS CU, AND 1896 LBS. SB. { APEX'S SHARE OF 1970 PRODUCTION (FROM SUNSHINE?) GAVE 89,500 OZ. AG, 22700 LBS CU, AND 14000 LBS SB, AVERAGING 54 OZ AG / TON.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • H1 INCLUDES SNOWSTORM AND APEX AREAS OF BIG CREEK APEX MIN. CO. IN 1971 . H2 RESERVES AT END OF 1969 OF WHICH BIG CREEK'S SHARE WAS 8145 TONS, AND THIS WAS ABOVE THE 4000 FT LEVEL. H3 REFERS TO RESERVES WITHIN THE FIRST 100 FT BELOW THE 4000 FT LEVEL. RESERVES AT THE END OF 1968 . WERE 22000 TONS ABOVE THE 4000 FT LEVEL OF WHICH BIG CREEK'S PORTION WAS 9250 TONS. H4 REFERS TO 1967 RESERVES IN APEX AREA. H5 REFERS TO 1966 RESERVES IN APEX AREA. H6 REFERS TO BIG CREEK'S SHARE OF 1974 RESERVES, FROM A TOTAL OF 68770 TONS, AS COMPARED TO A SHARE OF 12665 TONS FROM 30880 TONS IN THE SNOWSTORM AND APEX AREAS AT END OF 1973. AT END OF 1974 , RESERVES IN APEX - SNOWSTORM AREA WERE 69,750 TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 1463.04M

Comments on development

  • 7 PATENTED CLAIMS. PROPERTY IS 675 FT. WIDE AND 2950 FT. LONG. DIAMOND DRILLING TO 4600 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BIG CREEK APEX RECEIVES 50 % INCOME FROM APEX AREA AND 37.5 % OF INCOME FROM SNOWSTORM AREA. SUNSHINE CONSOLIDATED OWNS 70 % OF BIG CREEK APEX MIN. CO. THE EASTERN 250 FT OF BIG CREEK APEX PROPERTY IS THE "SNOWSTORM AREA" AND THE REMAINING 2700 FT IS KNOWN AS THE "APEX AREA".

Reporter information

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

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