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Page Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Nickel, Cobalt
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  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 10073450
MRDS ID W019542
Record type Site
Current site name Page Mine
Alternate or previous names Corrigan Mine, Tony Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-116.20163, 47.52547 (WGS84) 897 ABOUT 3 MI SW OF KELLOGG
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-116.20163, 47.52547 (WGS84) 878
-116.20163, 47.52547 (WGS84)
-116.20163, 47.52547 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(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 002E 09,10,03,04,15,16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gersdorffite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Formation
    Rock description Burke Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Revett Formation
    Rock description Revett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Osburn Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Page Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Tony Fault

Ore body information

  • Name Curlew Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Length 61
  • Name Tony Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike 40SW
    Dip 40SW
    Length 396
    Width 2
  • Name 85 Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
  • Name Omega Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL

Comments on the ore body information

  • Most ore mined from Tony veins, a sigle orebody. Curlew vein had four short orebodies up to 61 meters long. No significant ore found on 85 and Omega veins.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer John Corrigan and others
Mining method Timbered Stopes - Overhand Square-Set
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1969
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation
Production years 1916-1917, 1926-1969

Mining district

District name Yreka

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Page Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    First year 1906
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Federal Mining & Smelting Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    First year 1924
    Last year 1953
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Smelting & Refining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    First year 1953
    Last year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Asarco, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    First year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Period 1916-1969
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 3907550mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major smelter recovery Lead Lead 245651mt 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • Production data from Mitchell and Bennett (1983) who used US Bureau of Mines production data, except for data on grades which are from Asarco, Inc. annual reports.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1981
    Total resources 218000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc 10.34 wt-pct Zinc Major 1981
    Lead 5.22 wt-pct Lead Major 1981
    Silver 87.4 g/mt Silver Major 1981

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reported in memorandum from R.L. Meyer to H.F. Cougher, March 30, 1981, Bunker Hill Co., 2 p. [Univeristy of Idaho, Special Collections, Bunker Hill Files]

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Name of workings Total Workings
    Length 36566.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH WORKINGS IS 1966 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 90 PATENTED, 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 6573 FT. DIAMOND DRILLING BY 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P. L., ARMSTRONG, F. C., AND ROSENBLUM, S., 1958 , RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952 - 1955: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1074 - B, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND, V. C., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 445, 103 P.

  • Production

    Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.

  • Deposit

    Kesten, S.N., 1963, American Smelting and Refining Co. operations; Geology of the Page and Galena mines, in The Coeur d'Alene mining district in 1963: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 133, p. 95-98.

  • Deposit

    Timken, H.W., 1936, Geology and ore deposits of Page mine, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, University of Idaho, B.S. Thesis.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAGE - GALENA MINERAL BELT IS ABOUT 67000 FT LONG. THE TONY VEIN, REFERRED TO ABOVE, IS A VERTICALLY ZONED ORE SHOOT. THE CURLEW VEIN STRIKES S 85 DEG W, DIPS 50 DEG S, IS 500 FT. LONG.
Deposit MINE CLOSED PERMANENTLY SEPT. 30 , 1969

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 04-MAR-2005 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

  • Asarco, Inc. — acquired by Asarco LLC, subsidiary of Grupo México (2009)
    American Smelting and Refining Co. Filed Chapter 11 in 2005; acquired out of bankruptcy by Grupo México in 2009.

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.

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