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Talache Mine

Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Antimony, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069948
MRDS ID W007748
Record type Site
Current site name Talache Mine
Alternate or previous names Blacktail, B. F. and H., Armstead, Keystone, Little Joe Brown Bear
Related records 10305630

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48435, 48.13956 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 10 MI SE OF SANDPOINT ON W. SIDE PEND OREILLE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talache(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(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 Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 055N 001W 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT NE FOOT OF BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN; SW OF PEND OREILLE LAKE

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PARTIAL ANALYSIS OF TETRAHEDRITE (BY IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY): 22.9% CU, 6.1% FE, 5.2% ZN, 6.7% PB, 10.7% AG, 22.2% S, 13.4% SB, 3% AS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Polybasite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Chlorite, Sericite, Bleaching

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AVERAGE 20 TO 40 OZ AG/TON IN ORE ZONES (CALKINS, 1909) LEAD ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 18.891
Result PB207/PB204 = 15.644
Result PB208/PB204 = 39.004 (ZARTMAN AND STACEY, 1971)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Form.-Quartzite, Limy Argillite & Siltite;St. Regis Form.-Argillite And Siltite;Revett Form.-Quartzite And Siltite;Burke Form.-Siltite, Argillite
    Rock description Wallace Form.-Quartzite, Limy Argillite & Siltite;St. Regis Form.-Argillite And Siltite;Revett Form.-Quartzite And Siltite;Burke Form.-Siltite, Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48435, 48.13956
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults With Minor Displacement Are Common; Minor Folds In Strata; Granodiorite Stock Nearby

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL, RIBBON
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Length 1000M
    Width 750M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Major Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • REVETT - ST. REGIS FORMATIONS STRIKE N 8 TO 15 DEG E, DIP 35 TO 45 SE; PRINCIPAL TALACHE FAULT STRIKES N 20 DEG W, DIPS STEEPLY SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1906

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Butte Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^100 Oz Ag/Ton, 10 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 10wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 2824g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY PRODUCTION BETWEEN 400 - 700 FT LEVELS YIELDED $500,000 PROFIT FROM ORE AVERAGING 20 - 40 OZ. AG/TON. BY 1926, $2 M. WORTH OF ORE REMOVED. AU VALUES WERE UNDER 1%/TON. FEW SAMPLES ASSAYED OVER 1000 OZ AG/TON. (D1) IN 1906 - 1907, OVER $27,000 HIGH GRADE AG ORE SHIPPED CONTAINING 10% CU.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1922
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silver Ag 496.947 g/mt Silver Major 1922
    Gold Au 2.541 g/mt Gold Major 1922

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MOST OF AREAS CONTRIBUTING TO ABOVE RESERVES HAD BEEN MINED BY 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10363.2M
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE JOE VEIN PRINCIPAL VEIN; OTHER VEINS: KEYSTONE, WHICH DIPS NW AND PARALLELS LITTLE JOE; BLACKJACK STRIKES N 53 DEG E, DIPS 81 DEG NW; AND SILVER BUTTE.

Comments on development

  • BY 1922, PROPERTY CONSISTED OF 18 PATENTED, 44 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 150 - TON MILL. 3 DDH OF 5140 FT. BY F. C. GOLDSILVER INC. 1976 - 10 PATENTED, 93 UNPATENTED CLAIMS COVERING 2000 ACRES ; ECON.COM: 5 MI TO NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD AT SAGLE. HOISTING AND PUMPING COSTLY BELOW 1200 FT HAULAGE LEVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    ZARTMAN, R. E., AND STACEY, J. S., 1971, LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, E. 1928, GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET, NO. 31, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W.R., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKBIRD MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    5) MINING RECORD, AUG. 4 , 1976

  • Deposit

    HUMPHREYS, R.M., AND LEATHAM, EARL, 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE TALACHE MINE: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, UNPUBLISHED THESIS, 16 P.

  • Deposit

    1917 DIREXPL H. M. ARMSTEAD

  • Deposit

    1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31{ 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6 {{ 1969 DIREXPL COMINCO AMERICAN, INC., GREEN, PHD

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL JAMES A. EVANS (EARLY 1900'S)

  • Production

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 6, 131 P. ITEMS 9 - 12 , GREEN, W.R., 1976 , WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PRODUCTION CAME FROM LITTLE JOE VEIN WHICH OCCUPIES LITTLE JOE FAULT; N END OF LITTLE JOE VEIN DISPLACED TO THE W.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S
Deposit LITTLE JOE VEIN PRINCIPAL VEIN; OTHER VEINS: KEYSTONE, WHICH DIPS NW AND PARALLELS LITTLE JOE; BLACKJACK STRIKES N 53 DEG E, DIPS 81 DEG NW; AND SILVER BUTTE. LENGTH, WIDTH, STRIKE, AND DIP ABOVE FOR LITTLE JOE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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