Alice Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144828
MRDS ID W026724
MAS/MILS ID 0160790058
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Mine
Alternate or previous names Alice Cons
Related records 10078411

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.84822, 47.47517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1030
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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 048 N 005 E 29 NWSWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.84822, 47.47517

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 80S
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60E:80S
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912

Mining district

District name Hunter District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alice Consolidated Mines Corp.
    ID 1000187
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975
    First year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Hecla Mining Co.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975
    First year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-75 CROSBY (1969) SHOWS THE PRODUCTION FROM THE ALICE TO BE ST (32,478 METRIC TONS) WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 3.0 OZ AG P AND 7.0% PB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-MAY-1995 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references