Yreka United Group Mine

Producer 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073339
MRDS ID W019378
MAS/MILS ID 0160790229
Record type Site
Current site name Yreka United Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Altura, Hill, Mohawk, Paramount, Wolverine, High Grade, Higrade, Kellogg Galena, O.K.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.10853, 47.51547 (WGS84)
Elevation 899
Relative position 1 MI S OF KELLOGG, NEAR WARDNER

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 07,08,17 SESESW (08) Idaho
Boise 048N 002E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Adjacent To Bunker Hill; S of Bunker Hill - Crescent Xcut.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.10853, 47.51547

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. And L. Harrison

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on development

  • 74 Claims (Includes 50 Unpatented, 11 Patented Claims). 35,000 Ft. Diamond Drilling In the Area.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit On Paramount and Wolverine Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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