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Big It Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony, Zinc, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073455
MRDS ID W019550
Record type Site
Current site name Big It Mine
Related records 10169409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.21909, 47.47015 (WGS84)
Elevation 774
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI S OF PINEHURST

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 002W 33 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSED SPHALERITE CONTAINED 0.72 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzose Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.21909, 47.47015
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 50 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 387.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH WORKINGS IS 1944 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 13 UNPATENDED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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