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Bullion Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078321
MRDS ID W026600
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Mine
Related records 10305814

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70101, 47.40157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1362
Relative position 5 MI SE OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(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 047N 006E 21,22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER S/8 SEC. 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70101, 47.40157
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLLIER, A. J., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 134 - 135

  • Deposit

    CALLOWAY, F. W., 1928 , COEUR D'ALENE MINES: UNPUBLISHED PROPERTY MAP OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT.

  • Deposit

    GERRY, C. N., 1913 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1912 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 735

  • Deposit

    1905 RECON A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1913 COMPILE C. N. GERRY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U. S., 1912

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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