Midvale Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078394
MRDS ID W026701
Record type Site
Current site name Midvale Mine
Alternate or previous names Anchor Mine, Diamond Hitch Vein
Related records 10241610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.8188, 47.52209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1139
Relative position JUST N 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 048N 005E 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SURROUNDED BY DAY, ASARCO, AND HECLA PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 27 OZ AG ORE. 2.8 FT WIDE ZONE ASSAYED 3.5 OZ/TON AG AND 0.1% CU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.8188, 47.52209

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Lelande)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Midvale Min. Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME EARLY DAY PRODUCTION

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2529.84M

Comments on development

  • 2 PROMISING AREAS GREATER THAN 8 TIMES BACKGROUND READINGS. 13 PATENTED CLAIMS, 110 ACRES 394 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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