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Square Deal Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107348
MRDS ID W026736
Record type Site
Current site name Square Deal Mine
Related records 10290900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85602, 47.48377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1177
Relative position 3 MI E OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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 048N 005E 29,30,19,20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG TOWBRIDGE GULCH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85602, 47.48377
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Paymaster Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hecla
  • Type Owner
    Owner Square Deal Min. And Milling Co.

Comments on the production information

  • LAST ORE MINED WAS IN 1956 BY GOLCONDA MIN. CO. FROM ITS 1000 FT LEVEL.

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD TUNNEL TO BE OPENED

Comments on development

  • 11 PATENTED, 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. INCLUDED IN THE ALICE CONSOLIDATED PROJECT WITH HECLA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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