Yakima - Shoshone Mine

Past 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073338
MRDS ID W019377
MAS/MILS ID 0160790052
Record type Site
Current site name Yakima - Shoshone Mine
Alternate or previous names Nellie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.03413, 47.49767 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT .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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 13,14,24 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.03413, 47.49767

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Osburn)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF CU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1916.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • ACCESS THROUGH 3000 FT LEVEL OF POLARIS MINE.

Comments on development

  • 2 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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