Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105999
MRDS ID W026664
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine
Alternate or previous names R-G Mining Co. Group, Silver Bar Vein
Related records 10168707

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.95992, 47.61348 (WGS84)
Elevation 835
Relative position 10 MI N OF WALLACE. 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

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 04,09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CLEAR GRIT ON PROSPECT CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 10 % PB, 4 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.95992, 47.61348

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Area Highly Faulted

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Beaver Creek)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R-G Mining Co. (Howard Bradberry?)

Comments on the production information

  • VERY SMALL AMOUNT FROM CLEAR GRIT TUNNEL

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 438.91M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on development

  • 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIM IN MISSOURI GULCH AND 19 CLAIMS IN PROSPECT GULCH. COMPRESSOR, MUCKING MACHINE, SKIP AND HOIST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, WILLIAM R., 1966 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 110

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 1 , 1969 ; JAN. 20 , 1977

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO, USGS BULL 1027-P

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1973 DIREXPL R-G MIN. CO.

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP R-G MIN. CO

  • Production

    GREEN, W. R., 1966 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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