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Mother Lode Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107344
MRDS ID W026623
Record type Site
Current site name Mother Lode Mine
Alternate or previous names Yosemite, Daddy, Treasure Box, Occident, Meade
Related records 10290853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.83962, 47.61797 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SE OF MURRAY

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)

Upper 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 049N 005E 05 SE OF SE OF SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ankerite, Sericite, Albite, Chlorite

Analytical data

Result AVG TRACE TO 1 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Lower Prichard Formation
    Rock description Lower Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.83962, 47.61797
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing And Gouge; Layering In Meade Vein

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG E
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Year of first production 1887

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. F. Mc Cann
  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Goldfields ?

Production statistics

  • Year 1891
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Avg 4.6 Oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 146g/mt
  • Year 1935
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.631 Oz/Ton Au And 1.87 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 83g/mt
    Major Ore Silver Silver 59g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TREASURE BOX PRODUCED $10,000 PER WEEK IN 1887. YOSEMITE MINE HAD PRODUCED $500,000 AS OF 1908.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1127.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

Comments on development

  • FLOTATION MILL; COMPRESSOR HOUSE; BLACKSMITH SHOP; STAMP MILLS. 7 - 11 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    RANSOM, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 90

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 30 , 1968 ; AUG. 7 , 1973

  • Deposit

    1908 GEOLMAP RANSOM AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 ; RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , USGS PP 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEADE VEIN STRIKES N TO N 20 DEG E, DIPS 70 - 90 DEG E; WHISTLER VEIN STRIKES N, OCCIDENT VEIN STRIKES NE; DIPS RANGE 15 - 25 DEG W.

Reporter information

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

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