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Gem State Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078480
MRDS ID W026825
Record type Site
Current site name Gem State Mine
Related records 10120887

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84742, 47.46427 (WGS84)
Elevation 922
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI W OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT GROUSE GULCH AND SOUTH FORK COEUR D'ALENE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piegan Group.
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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 (Hunter)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gem State Silver, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL FT OF UNDERGROUND LATERALS

Comments on development

  • 8 PATENTED, 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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