Fahey Group

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073328
MRDS ID W019362
Record type Site
Current site name Fahey Group
Alternate or previous names Fahey Mines Inc.
Related records 10168891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02413, 47.47237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 2.5 MI S OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris Peak(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

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 003E 25,26,36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. OF MERGER MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Form.-Argillite, Quartzite;Lower Wallace Form.-Calcareous Quartzite
    Rock description St. Regis Form.-Argillite, Quartzite;Lower Wallace Form.-Calcareous Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.02413, 47.47237

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.

Comments on development

  • 5 DDH TO 1500 FT. 18 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 15 , 1968 ; FEB. 20 , 1967

  • Deposit

    MINING CONGRESS JOUR., MAY, 1967

  • Deposit

    1968 DIREXPL BUNKER HIL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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