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Shoemaker Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204718
MRDS ID SP00515
MAS/MILS ID 0530650431
Record type Site
Current site name Shoemaker Mine
Alternate or previous names Schumaker, Creek, P,Pioneer,Longshot.Adjacent Prosp, Ects Are Michigan Boy,Cherryjoe, Schumaker Mine
Related records 10093078

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.78611, 48.63295 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillette Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036 N 040 E 08 NENESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Graphite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.78611, 48.63295
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 42W
    Thickness 1.2M
    Length 69M
    Width 229M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 99999M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Strike And Dip :42W
    Minimum Depth to Top 99999
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 9999
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1912
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Triton Mining,Colville,Wa
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cordilleran Development, Inc.
    Year 1990

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVNTRY WASH MINS.WA DIV MINES & GEOL BU

  • Deposit

    FULKERSON,F.B,KINGSTON,G.A,1958, MINE PROD GOLD,AG,CU,PB,ZN,

  • Deposit

    EILLE & STEVENS COS WA,USBM IC 7872

  • Deposit

    MILLS,J.W,1976,ZN-PB ORE DEPS IN CARBONATE ROCKS,STVNS CO.WA

  • Deposit

    GEOL & EARTH RESOURCES BUL 70(IN-PRESS 1976)

  • Deposit

    WEISSENBORN,A.E,1970,EDITOR,PB-ZNDEPS KOOTENAY ARC.WA DIV MI

  • Deposit

    GEOL BUL 61

  • Deposit

    COLVILLE ENGR CO,1941,REPT ON MINS IN STVNS CO,ASSEMBLED FOR

  • Deposit

    UTILY DIST STVNS CO.BY COLVILLE ENGRG

  • Deposit

    GAGE,H.L,1941,SOME FOREIGN & DOM ZN-PB MINES THAT CLD SUPLY

  • Deposit

    TO PAC NW ELECTRYC ZN INDSTRY.BPAMKT.DEVEL SECT.

  • Deposit

    WA.DIV GEOL & EARTH RESOURCES.UNPUBLISHED DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD 050-E ACT YEAR OF LAST PRODUCTION UNCERTAIN.SOME MINO 1970 REC 180 COLS-35-52.EXPOSED REC 151.GRAPHITIC ORES WILL REQUIRE UNIQUE BENEFICIATION.COM CU. TOO LOW-GRADE FOR ECON RECOVERY. SMELTER RETURNS DURING S OF PRODUCTION DETAILED EXPLOR & DRILLG RECOMD FOR HOST HORIZON UP & DN ST LEAD TIME TO MINE RESERVES ONLY IS 1 MO.2YRS ESTD TO XPAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Lucas, J.M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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