Amazon

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135639
MRDS ID W026641
MAS/MILS ID 0160790049
Record type Site
Current site name Amazon
Alternate or previous names Manhattan, Monitor
Related records 10078351

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.86852, 47.56237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1266
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049 N 005 E 30 SENESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.86852, 47.56237

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 70S
    Thickness 470M
    Length 215M
    Width 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N65W:70S
    Date of Last Modification 810128

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1940

Mining district

District name Beaver

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSBY 1969 COLO SCH MINES QRTRLY VOL 64 NO 1 P 169-194

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND (WITH A SECTION BY WEIS) 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS 1952 USGS OP FILE REP: GEOL NOTES ORE DEP CANYON-9MIL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5-75 THE AMAZON IS ONE OF SEVERAL MINES NOW PART OF THE MON MINE (GROUP) OWNED BY DAY MINES INC. 5-75 TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1940-1952 WAS 471,427 METRIC TONS HAVING AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.8 OZ AG 1.9% PB 5.2% ZN. 12-75 ACCORDING TO GRIGGS, THE FIRST PRODUCTION WAS IN 1912 MINE WAS ACTIVE INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1954.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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