Nabob Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217476
MRDS ID W019504
MAS/MILS ID 0160790021
Record type Site
Current site name Nabob Mine
Alternate or previous names Denver Mine
Related records 10073426

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.20683, 47.48797 (WGS84)
Elevation 796
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

Masonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(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)

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 048 N 002 E 28 NWNESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.20683, 47.48797

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 70S
    Length 100M
    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
    Strike And Dip N65W:70S
    Date of Last Modification 810629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yreka

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Nabob Silver-Lead Mines
    ID 1000194
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES 1920 USGS BULL 710-A P 1-36

  • Deposit

    FORRESTER AND NELSON 1945 USGS OP-FILE REP: PB-ZN DEP PINE C

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FORRESTER 1945 USGS OP-FILE MAP: MAPS OF THE DENVER MINE

  • Deposit

    SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 99-100

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 P 90, 103-109

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-90 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/29/1986
MSHA mine ID1000194
Mine name (MSHA)Nabob Mine & Mill
Current operatorIntermountain Mineral Engineers Inc
Current controller (parent)Rice Robert A
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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