Blackcloud 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106009
MRDS ID W026814
Record type Site
Current site name Blackcloud Mine
Alternate or previous names Pittsburg Lead Mine
Related records 10169374

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90882, 47.51047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1091
Relative position 0.3 MILE NORTHWEST OF TOWN OF BLACKCLOUD.

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)

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 004E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN BLACKCLOUD CREEK AND NINEMILE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.90882, 47.51047

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Placer)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA IS INCLUDED WITH CALIFORNIA MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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