Washington-Idaho Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011563
MRDS ID D006576
MAS/MILS ID 0160790214
Record type Site
Current site name Washington-Idaho Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho Mining Company Mine, Cavanaugh Group, Crescent Group, Hetzel Group, Annie Laurie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.04043, 47.56767 (WGS84)
Elevation 802
Relative position 4 MI N70E FROM KELLOGG ID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(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

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 049N 003E 26 E2SENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 Mi Up the W Fk of Moon Cr

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.04043, 47.56767

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1889

Mining district

District name Coeurd'Alene District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Mining Co.
    Home office P.O. Box 898, Kellogg Id
    First year 1954

Comments on development

  • Property Consists of 23 Mining Claims, One Fractional Claim and One Millsite, All Unpatented

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane Wfoc

  • Deposit

    Campbell, 1932, 33rd Ann. Rept. of Mining Ind. of Idaho for 1931.

  • Deposit

    Dmea-981x

  • Deposit

    Kauffman and others, 1999, Coeur d'Alene Basin USFS AML report (Panhandle NF, v. 5A).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit D.M.E.A. Contract Idm-E88 Was Terminated July 1, 1954. See Contract For More Detailed Information. ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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