Beacon Light Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078395
MRDS ID W026702
Record type Site
Current site name Beacon Light Mine
Related records 10266563

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69042, 47.46457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1227
Relative position 5 MI E OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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)

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 048N;047N 006E;006E 33,34,32,03,04,05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result OLD ORE SAMPLES ASSAYED 9.8 OZ/TON AG AND 20.5% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69042, 47.46457

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter)

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Callahan

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AG-CU ORE PRODUCED IN 1929.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2639.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT DEPTH BELOW MAIN ADIT

Comments on development

  • 76 CLAIMS (UNPATENTED). A GEOCHEM ANOMALY WAS INVESTIGATED BY CORDERO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 23 , 1974 ; MARCH 9 , 1973 ; FEB. 20 , 1969 ; OCT. 23 , 1968 ; JUNE 13 , 1975

  • Deposit

    HANSEN, O. T., 1966 , 66TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1966 , P. 90

  • Deposit

    1966 OTHER STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S 66TH ANN. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL CORDERO

  • Production

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 23 , 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 76 TOTAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references