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Jack Waite Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078310
MRDS ID W026583
Record type Site
Current site name Jack Waite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.74444, 47.66399 (WGS84)
Elevation 1331
Relative position 6 MI NE OF MURRAY; 30 MI NE OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 006E 19,30 SW OF SE OF NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 12 MI SW OF WHITE PINE; 22 MI BY ROAD NW OF THOMPSON FALLS; 3.5 MILES SSE OF BLACK PEAK ON THE MONTANA/IDAHO BORDER. TWO MILES WEST OF DIXIE PEAK AND SOUTH OF THE HEADWATERS OF DIXIE CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF BIG BEAVER CREEK
  • DECIMAL DEGREES: 47.6644 -115.7219

    ?ALTHOUGH THE MAIN SURFACE PLANT IS ON TRIBUTARY CREEK, A BRANCH OF THE EAST FORK OF EAGLE CREEK, IN IDAHO, MUCH OF THE MINING SINCE THE 1930?S HAS BEEN IN MONTANA ON THE DIXIE CREEK BRANCH OF BIG BEAVER CREEK? (CROWLEY, 1963).
  • THE JACK WAITE MINE (ID) AND JACK WAITE (MT) ON THE IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER ARE 1 MI APART. THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Cerussite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Secondary Silica, Oxidation

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 Lower and Upper Prichard Formation
    Rock description Lower Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Lower and Upper Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.74444, 47.66399
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear zone explored 1700 meters on strike and 520 meters down dip.
Type of structure Regional
Structure name TROUT CREEK ANTICLINE, ?THE EAST LIMB DIPS 20 TO 30 DEGREES NEAR THE JACK W

Ore body information

  • Name Jack Waite Vein
    General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 52 DEG SW
    Length 1676.4M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebodies are shoots with a SE rake (a few have a SW rake) within a vein which pinches and swells from less than 2.5 cm to 3.7 meters wide. Average stoping width was 1.5 meters.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore usually found in footwall of shear zone and the intersection of the main shear zone and secondary fracture zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer Jack Waite
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1969
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation
Milling method Flotation
Production years 1911-1912,1916-1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1961, 1969

Comments on exploration

  • 1900 - JACK WAITE DISCOVERS VEIN IN TRIBUTARY CREEK

    1909 - JACK WAITE MINING COMPANY INCORPORATED AND PURCHASED NINE CLAIMS FROM SENATOR LEE MANTLE FOR $250,000. (CROWLEY, 1963).

    1927 - 125-TON MILL AND ELECTRIC POWERLINE BUILT (CROWLEY, 1963).

    1928 - MAIN HAULAGEWAY STARTED ON THE 1500 LEVEL. MILL CAPACITY INCREASED TO 400 TON PER DAY. JACK WAITE CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY INCORPORATED IN ARIZONA.

    1930 - ORE PROCESSED IN 150-TON FLOTATION PLANT IN MURRAY, IDAHO.

    1931 - NEW 500-TON FLOTATION PLANT IN DUTHIE, IDAHO.

    1934 - AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. (ASARCO) ACQUIRES PROPERTY MAY 1, 1934.

    1961 - ASARCO GIVES UP LEASE ON JACK WAITE.

Mining district

District name Eagle
District name White Pine

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jack Waite Mining Co., Ltd.
    Interest 100
    Home office Union, Idaho
    First year 1909
    Last year 1928
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner The Jack Waite Extension Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    First year 1911
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silver King Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Last year 1928
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Jack Waite Leasing Co..
    Interest 100
    First year 1926
    Last year 1927
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jack Waite Consolidated Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    First year 1927
    Last year 1930
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jack Waite Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Seattle, Washington
    First year 1930
    Last year 1934
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Waite Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Seattle, Washington
    First year 1934
    Last year 1991
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner American Smelting and Refining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    First year 1934
    Last year 1964
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Al Tofte and Les Sanderson
    Interest 100
    First year 1964
    Last year 1966
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Duncan & McGillivery
    Interest 100
    First year 1966
    Last year 1968
  • Type Lessee
    Owner URSA Polaris Development Corp
    Interest 100
    First year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Waite Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Calgary, Alberta
    First year 1991
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Arbor Resources Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Vancouver, British Columbia
    First year 1993
  • Type Lessee
    Owner Wealth Resources Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Vancouver, British Columbia
    First year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1983
    Period 1928-1969
    Material Ore Milled
    Ore mined 465977mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Zinc Zinc 9622508.53mt
    Major Silver Silver 20591250.9g
    Trace Gold Gold 50978.6g
    Minor Copper Copper 464985.7mt
    Major smelter recovery Lead Lead 58780mt 11wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 40% OF PRODUCTION CREDITED TO MONTANA (KROHN AND WEIST, 1977).



    FROM KROHN AND WEIST (1977) AND CROWLEY (1963), FROM 1911 TO 1960 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION WAS:

    AU - 1,549 OZ AT 0.002 OZ/T AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.0022 OPT GOLD

    AG - 616,615 OZ AT 0.9 OZ/T AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.88 OPT SILVER

    CU - 1,035,240 LB AT 0.08% AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.069% COPPER

    PB - 133,953,045 LB AT 9.8% AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 9.5% LEAD

    ZN - 20,871,892 LB AT 1.5% AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 1.59% ZINC

    ORE - 687,425 T.



    300-TON FLOTATION MILL (MBMG FILES, RM 213, MAIN HALL, MONTANA TECH, BUTTE).
  • Production data from Mitchell and Bennett (1983) derived from production reported to the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Grade data from Long (1998)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12476.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 TUNNELS

    ?THE MINE HAS ABOUT 24,000 FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF RAISES AND WINZES. THE MINE IS DIVIDED IN HALF BY THE IDAHO-MONTANA STATE LINE; BOTH SIDES CAN BE REACHED THROUGH THE ADIT OF THE 1,500 LEVEL WHICH HAS ITS PORTAL ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE UPSTREAM FROM THE TOWN OF DUTHIE (IDAHO). ? ALSO, ?THE MONTANA SIDE OF THE MINE IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE THROUGHT HE 100 LEVEL WHICH HAS ITS PORTAL NEAR THE HEAD OF BEAVER CREEK IN MONTANA. THE ORE, HOWEVER, MINED FROM THE MONTANA SIDE IS LOWERED DOWN THROUGH THE MONTANA RAISE TO THE 1500 LEVEL AND OUT TO THE MILL AT DUTHIE. WORKINGS BELOW THE 1,500 LEVEL ON BOTH THE IDAHO AND MONTANA SIDES ARE UNDER WATER.? (CROWLEY (1963) FROM HOSTERMAN (1956)).

Comments on development

  • OVER 100 CLAIMS (INCLUDES 30 PATENTED CLAIMS). OUTPUT OF 150 TPD ORE IN 1931. ; ECON.COM: WORKINGS BELOW 1500 LEVEL WERE UNDER WATER IN 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.

  • Geology

    KROHN, D.H. AND WEIST, M.M., 1977, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION ON MONTANA MINES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 75, P. 128.

  • General

    MINING TRUTH, 1927, HOW JACK WAITE WAS MADE A MINE: MINING TRUTH, V. 12, NO. 5, P. 19-20.?

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 58 P

  • Geology

    JENKS, W.F., 1938, GEOLOGY OF PORTIONS OF THE LIBBY AND TROUT CREEK QUADRANGLES, MONTANA AND IDAHO: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, P. 209-210.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, J.R., 1931, THE JACK WAITE MINE: AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 17, NO. 12, P. 671-673.

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 742 - 743

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, F. M., CROWLEY, FRANK A., SAHINEN, UUNO M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MONTANA BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30, P. 35

  • Deposit

    TURNER, J.R., 1931, THE JACK WAITE MINE: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V.17, NO. 12, P. 671-673.

  • 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.

  • Production

    Long, K.R., 1998, Grade and tonnage models for Coeur d'Alene-type polymetallic veins: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-583, 28 p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN EXPOSED ON 1500 LEVEL DOWNDIP FOR 1700 FT. ORE SHOOTS HAVE SE RAKE.
Deposit ?THE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS WHICH GENERALLY HAVE A SOUTHEASTERN RAKE, ALTHOUGH A FEW ORE SHOOTS HAVE A SOUTHWESTERN RAKE. THIS PATTERN IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE ON THE MONTANA SIDE OF THE MINE WHERE MORE CAREFUL STOPE MAPPING HAS BEEN DONE.? (HOSTERMAN, 1956)

?THE ORE IS COMMONLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, FOUND ON THE FOOTWALL OF THE SHEAR ZONE, WHICH HAS SEVERAL INCHES OF GOUGE. IN THE STOPES ON THE MONTANA SIDE OF THE MINE SECONDARY SHEARS THAT DIVERGE UPWARD FROM THE MAIN JACK WAITE SHEAR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. AT THE JUNCTIONS OF THESE SECONDARY SHEARS AND THE MAIN SHEAR ZONE THE COUNTRY ROCK HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BROKEN AND SHATTERED. IT SEEMS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THESE JUNCTIONS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN LOCALIZING THE ORE. SMEARED AND SHATTERED GALENA INDICATES POSTMINERALIZATION MOVEMENT. THE LITHOLOGIC CHARACTER OF THE ENCLOSING ROCKS DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE HAD ANY CONTROL OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE ORE.? (FROM HOSTERMAN, 1956).

?THE MONTANA VEIN SHOWS A TENDENCY TO FOLLOW THE HANGING-WALL, AND THE IDAHO VEIN TO FOLLOW THE FOOT-WALL OF THE MAIN FISSURE.? (TURNER, 1941).
Deposit ?MINERALIZATION AT THE JACK WAITE FOLLOWS A STRONG SHEAR ZONE THAT STRIKES ABOUT N60W AND DIPS 45 DEGREES TO 55 DEGREES SW.? (CROWLEY, 1963).

?TURNER (1931, P. 672) CLASSIFIES TWO VEINS AT THE JACK WAITE: THE MONTANA VEIN, WHICH IS THE MOST PROMINENT IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE AND WHICH USUSALLY OCCURS ALONG THE HANGING WALL, AND THE IDAHO VEIN WHICH IS LESS INTENSELY MINERALIZED ALONG THE FOOTWALL. AT SOME PLACES A HORSE OF WASTE SEPARATES THE TWO; THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO IS NOT AS NOTICEABLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE MINE.? (FROM CROWLEY, 1963).

?THE VEIN STRIKES N55W AND DIPS 52 DEGREES SW, CROSSING THE BEDDING OF THE ENCLOSED SLATES AND QUARTZITES, WHICH DIP 20--40 DEGREES NE. THE DEPOSIT IS A QUARTZ-FILLED FISSURE THAT RANGES FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO 10 FEET IN WIDTH AND AVERAGES PERHAPS 4 FEET. A GOUGE SEAM MARKS THE FISSURE, AND IN MANY PLACES QUARTZ HAS BEEN DEPOSITED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF IT, LEAVING THE GOUGE ALMOST ENTIRELY UNREPLACED.? (FROM FROM UMPLEBY AND JONES, 1923).
Deposit DIMENSIONS OF THE DEPOSIT IN 1958 WAS 4400 FT LONG BY 0 FT TO 80 FT WIDE BY 1500 FT DEEP (MBMG FILES, RM 213, MAIN HALL, MONTANA TECH, BUTTE).

AN UNPUBLISHED LETTER/REPORT BY MINEXCO, INC., SPOKANE, WA IN MBMG FILES, RM 213, MAIN HALL, MONTANA TECH: LISTED TWO MAJOR VEINS: THE JACK WAITE (N60W DIPS 50SW) LOCATED ON THE EAST LIMB OF A GENTLE NORTH PLUNGING ANTICLINE AND THE COLUMBUS (N70W, 70SE).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JAN-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 08-MAR-05 Long, Keith R. U.S. Geological Survey

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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:

  • American Smelting and Refining Co. — acquired by Asarco LLC, subsidiary of Grupo México (2009)
    Renamed to Asarco; filed Chapter 11 in 2005; acquired 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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