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Hummingbird Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265943
MRDS ID W026723
MAS/MILS ID 0160790407
Record type Site
Current site name Hummingbird Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain View
Related records 10106003

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.81792, 47.52597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
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 048 N 005 E 09 NESENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.81792, 47.52597
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M
    Width 168M
    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 N70W:80S
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Lelande Area

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 AS 177,596 SHORT TONS O WHICH YIELDED 246,254 OZ AG, 10,674,813 LBS. PB, AND 9,593,8 ZN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1926-1930. CROSBY (1959),HOWEVER, SHOW PRODUCTION AS ONLY 33,449 SHORT TONS THAT AVERAGED 2.4 OZ AG TON, 4.9% PB, AND 6.7% ZN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-86 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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