Nabob Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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. 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. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073426
MRDS ID W019504
Record type Site
Current site name Nabob Mine
Related records 10217476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.20683, 47.48797 (WGS84)
Elevation 1015
Relative position 5 MI SW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Masonia(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 002E 21,20,22,28,29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Stains

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.20683, 47.48797

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation; Placer Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 62 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG S
    Length 249.94M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRICHARD STRIKES NW, DIPS 40 TO 60 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1946

Mining district

District name Pine Creek District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Intermtn. Mineral Engineers, Inc; U. S. Antimony Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nabob Silver - Lead Mines

Production statistics

  • Year 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^15 % Pb And Zn, 2 Oz. Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 15wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 15wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 54g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on development

  • 7 PATENTED CLAIMS, 35 UNPATENTED CLAIMS 250 TONS/DAY MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE PINE CREEK MINERAL BELT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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