Chicago - London Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078315
MRDS ID W026590
Record type Site
Current site name Chicago - London Mine
Alternate or previous names Paragon Consol., Lower Paragon, Upper Paragon, Jewell
Related records 10290817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.75242, 47.59707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1292
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MI E OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 006E 07 SE OF NW OF SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Lower Prichard Formation
    Rock description Lower Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.75242, 47.59707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E Limb Of Trout Creek Anticline Which Strikes N

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike N 77 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRICHARD BEDS STRIKE N-S, DIP 75 DEG W

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BEFORE 1923 OF ABOUT 30 CARS OF 40 - 50 % ZN ORE AND A FEW CARS OF PB ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 745

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

  • Production

    UMPLEBY AND JONES, 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P. BELL, R. N., 1912 , THIRTEENTH ANN. REPT. IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1911 , P. 126 RANSOME AND CALKINS, 1908, USGS PROF. PAPER 62. KATZ, F.S., 1927, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1924. HOSTERMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY OF MURRAY AREA, USGS BULL. 1027-P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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