Lynch Pine Creek Mine

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011678
MRDS ID D006762
Record type Site
Current site name Lynch Pine Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.2077, 47.49126 (WGS84)
Elevation 1135
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES, S45W FROM KELLOGG. ID., Within .1 Mi

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 048N 002E 21 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • TWO MINES A MILE APART HAVE THE SAME NAME AND ARE DESCRIBED HERE AS ONE PROSPECT, WITH THE UTM LOCATION BEING GIVEN FOR THE UPPER, NE ADIT. THE SW WORKINGS ARE IN THE SW 1/4 OF SEC. 20, T.48N, R.2E AT 2600 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.2077, 47.49126

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeurd'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lynch Pine Creek Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE WA.

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. SPOKANE, 1943, PINE CREEK AREA, SHOSHANE CO., OPEN FILE REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL QUARTZ VEINS ARE PRESENT, BUT ONLY ONE IN THE UPPER WORKINGS IS MINERALIZED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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