Murray (Coeur D'Alene) District

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001033
MRDS ID MP90024
Record type District
Current site name Murray (Coeur D'Alene) District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91773, 47.61657 (WGS84)
Relative position COEUR D'ALENE REGION: BETWEEN LAT 47-25 AND 47-40 N AND LONG 115-40 AND 116-10W INCLUDES THE DISTRICTS OF BEAVER, EAGLE, EVOLUTION, HUNTER OR MULLAN, LELANDE OR BURKE, PLACER CENTER OR WALLACE, SUMMIT AND YREKA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91773, 47.61657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Anticline
Structure description BROAD NORTHEAST-TRENDING ANTICLINAL FOLD, CUT BY MANY FAULTS. THE UCELLY (REVERSE) AND MCCOMBER (NORMAL) FAULTS, IN THE WESTERN PART OF DISTRICT, AND THE MURRAY PEAK IN THE EAST; THE DIP DISPLACEMENT IS SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET.
Type of structure Regional
Structure description DEFORMATION CONSISTS OF BROAD FOLDS THAT TREND GENERALLY TO THE NORTH WEST AND INTENSE DEFOMATION AROUND THE MAJOR FAULTS. SERIES OF NORTHWEST-TRENDING FAULTS ("LEWIS AND CLARK LINE"). THE OSBURN FAULT RUNS THROUGH THIS DISTRICT, WHERE THE ROCKS ON THE NORTH HAVE A DISPLACEMENT OF 12 MILES EASTWARD RELATIVE TO THE SOUTH SIDE.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1879
Discoverer A.J. Prichard
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name MURRAY DISTRICT
District name COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.

  • Deposit

    SHENON, PHILIP J., 1938, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET NO. 47, 44 P.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AAND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO, 1964

Beyond USGS

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