Carlisle Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105997
MRDS ID W026640
Record type Site
Current site name Carlisle Mine
Alternate or previous names Ray Jefferson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88213, 47.56209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1009
Relative position 6 MI NNE 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)

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 25 SW OF NE OF SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88213, 47.56209

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mineralized Belt Cuts Strike Of Beds In W Flank Of Burke Anticline At 90 Deg

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG W
    Thickness 141.73M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to top 1059.18M
    Depth to bottom 941.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Beaver)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period Thru 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.6 % Pb, 5.1 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor Ore Zinc Zinc 5wt-pct
    Minor Ore Lead Lead 2wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 16g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM, EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION. IN THE CARLISLE - HERCULES MINERAL BELT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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