California Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078398
MRDS ID W026707
Record type Site
Current site name California Mine
Alternate or previous names Tamarack and Chesapeake, California Consolidated
Related records 10290567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90912, 47.50737 (WGS84)
Elevation 967
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI N OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(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 004E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON NE SIDE OF BLACKCLOUD CREEK, .75 MI ABOVE ITS JUNCTION WITH NINEMILE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Revett Formation;St. Regis Formation
    Rock description Revett Formationt;St. Regis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.90912, 47.50737

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mine In Hanging Wall Block Of Dobson Pass Fault. Fault Gouge.

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG NE
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 182.88M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to top 1143M
    Depth to bottom 990.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALIFORNIA ORE SIMILAR TO DAYROCK ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines ?

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION $200,000 BETWEEN 1886 - 1906 . ITEMS 8 - 10 ABOVE INCLUDE BLACKCLOUD PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM, EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION. IN SUCCESS - DAYROCK MINERAL SUBBELT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references