Mountain Goat 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078379
MRDS ID W026681
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Goat Mine
Related records 10192676

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86522, 47.55957 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 3.5 MI NW OF BURKE

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)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 005E 30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG CARBON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86522, 47.55957

Economic information

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Day Mines Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.3 Oz Ag, 3.6 % Pb, 9.7 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 37g/mt
  • Year 1968
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.5 Oz Ag, 3.5 % Pb, 9.9 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 4wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 42g/mt
  • Year 1969
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.3 Oz Ag, 3.4 % Pb, 10.2 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 37g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN THE HERCULES-CARLISLE MINERAL BELT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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