Mountain View - Hummingbird Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106003
MRDS ID W026723
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View - Hummingbird Mine
Alternate or previous names Hummingbird
Related records 10265943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81792, 47.52597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1356
Relative position 3 MI NNW OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CLOSE TO CANYON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81792, 47.52597

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG SW
    Thickness 167.64M
    Length 30.48M
    Depth to top 1304.54M
    Depth to bottom 1136.9M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Lelande)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Day Mines
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hercules Min. Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1967
    Period Thru 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.4 Oz/Ton Ag, 4.9% Pb, 6.7% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 5wt-pct
    Ore Zinc Zinc 7wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 76g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPTH BELOW SURFACE AND WORKINGS ARE 1926 FIGURES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION. IN THE TAMARACK - MARSH MINERAL SUBBELT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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