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Ambergris Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232453
MRDS ID W026699
MAS/MILS ID 0160790081
Record type Site
Current site name Ambergris Mine
Related records 10106001

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.82292, 47.54927 (WGS84)
Elevation 1745
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)

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 049 N 005 E 33 NWNWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.82292, 47.54927
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N66W
    Dip 70S
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    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 N66W:70S
    Date of Last Modification 820827

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 1919

Mining district

District name Beaver

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • 12-75 GRIGGS (1952) LISTS PRODUCTION FROM 1919-1934 AS: 16, SHORT TONS OF ORE WHICH YIELDED 83,940 OZ AG, AND 2,713,595 NO ZINC PRODUCTION WAS REPORTED. CROSBY (1959) REPORTS PROD AS 18,418 SHORT TONS AVERAGING 5.2 OZ AG PER TON AND 9.3% PB

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-90 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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