Murray Hill Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078316
MRDS ID W026593
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Horse
Related records 10241760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.74492, 47.60017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 6.5 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

Thompson Pass(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 07,18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN PARAGON GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.74492, 47.60017

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On E Limb Of Trout Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR WEDGES TO SEAMS
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG S
    Plunge direction SW
    Length 152.4M
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Horse - Paragon Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on development

  • 6 PATENTED CLAIMS

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.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1027-P

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP DISTANCE OF 625 FT ON MINERALIZED ZONE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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