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Paragon Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217869
MRDS ID W026594
MAS/MILS ID 0160790132
Record type Site
Current site name Paragon Mine
Alternate or previous names Chicago-London, Chicago, Paragon Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.73682, 47.60517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1196

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Pass(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

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049 N 006 E 07 S2SE Idaho

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.73682, 47.60517
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N77W
    Dip 70S
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N77W:70S
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Summit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 P 103-104

  • Deposit

    BELL 1913 FOURTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1912 P 1

  • Deposit

    MOORE 1910 ELEVENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1909 P 12

  • Deposit

    BELL 1912 THIRTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1911 P 1

  • Deposit

    SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 100, 112

  • Deposit

    RANSOME AND CALKINS 1908 USGS PROF PAPER 62, P 190

  • Deposit

    SHENON 1938 ID BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 47, P 15

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN 1956 USGS BULL 1027-P P 725-748

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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