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Constitution Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Reserves and resources
  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 10073433
MRDS ID W019511
Record type Site
Current site name Constitution Mine
Related records 10305792

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17214, 47.44348 (WGS84)
Elevation 926
Relative position 7 MI. S 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 002E 11,02,03,10,12,13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINING AND INTEGRATING WITH SPOKANE IDAHO MINES' 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1944 , ORE ON 800 - LEVEL OVER LENGTH 345 FT, WIDTH 2.11 FT. ASSAYED 6.3 % PB, 17. % ZN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ASSAYS BEFORE MAY 1 , 1916 GAVE 27.7 % ZN, 10.1 % PB, 9 OZ AG / TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Slate;Prichard Formation-Quartzite;Burke Formation-Quartzite;Revett Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Slate;Prichard Formation-Quartzite;Burke Formation-Quartzite;Revett Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17214, 47.44348
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pine Creek Fault; Placer Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 87 DEG W
    Plunge direction S
    Length 365.76M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Constitution Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 12 TONS HAND - SORTED ORE / DAY ( 1916 ). 75 TONS / DAY CRUDE ORE ( 1943 ). THE FIRM PRODUCED ABOUT $ 6 MILLION WORTH OF PB - ZN - AG ORE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO ( SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 4 , 1968 ); THAT 2 MILLION OF PB - ZN - AG ORE WAS PRODUCED ALONG A 2000 FT STRIKE AND A 2000 FT DOWNWARD EXTENSION ( SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 1 , 1967 ).

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Measured 19000mt ore
    Indicated 12000mt ore
    Inferred 13000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 14.5 wt-pct Zinc Major 1944
    Lead Pb 5.3 wt-pct Lead Major 1944

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3657.6M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 MAJOR LEVELS

Comments on development

  • 135 CLAIMS AND 21 PATENTED CLAIMS; 100 - TON MILL. PROPERTY ALSO IN T 47 N, R 2 E, SECS. 4 , 14 , 15 ; T 48 N, R 2 E, SECS. 1 , 31 , 32 ,33 , 34 , 29 , 28

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE DOUGLAS MINERAL SUBBELT. VEIN PITCHES STEEPLY S.
Deposit FORMERLY OWNED BY SPOKANE - IDAHO MIN. CO.

Reporter information

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

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