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King Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105993
MRDS ID W026584
Record type Site
Current site name King Mine
Related records 10144635

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.89573, 47.62567 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 1.5 MI W OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prichard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 004E 01 NE OF SW OF NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ankerite, Sericite, Chlorite, Apatite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.89573, 47.62567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Many Cross Faults Offset The Veins

Ore body information

  • General form PARALLEL BRANCHING VEINS
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Drummond, William W.

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED $200,000 AU YIELDED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7245.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH WORKINGS A 1960 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • MILL, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 193 PATENTED CLAIMS, 3 PATENTED MILLSITES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN STRIKES N 75 DEG W TO E AND W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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