Coeur D'Alene American

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094315
MRDS ID D004165
Record type Site
Current site name Coeur D'Alene American

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54573, 47.45876 (WGS84)
Elevation 1390
Relative position 4 MI NNW OF SALTESE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 031W 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE BRYAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54573, 47.45876

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Vertical Fault

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 365.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Senator Edw. Dohlan, Thos. Phillips

Mining district

District name Packer Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, HARRY A., EAST COEUR D'ALENE MINING DISTRICT, MONTANA; THE MINING WORLD, P. 272, 8/13/10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY IS PRESUMED TO COVER A SECTION OF THE MOTHER LODE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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