Marsh Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217763
MRDS ID W026652
MAS/MILS ID 0160790078
Record type Site
Current site name Marsh Mine
Related records 10078359

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.80662, 47.52047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
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

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 048 N 005 E 10 SWNESW Idaho

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.80662, 47.52047

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 2M
    Length 62M
    Width 300M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    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 N75W:70E
    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 1911

Mining district

District name Lelande Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROSBY 1969 COLO SCH MINES QRTRLY VOL 64 NO 1 P 169-194

  • Deposit

    SHANNON 1926 US NATL MUSEUM BULL 131 P 98, 111

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY AND JONES 1923 USGS BULL 732 P 70-82

  • Deposit

    GRIGGS 1952 USGS OP-FILE REP: GEOL NOTES ORE DEP CANYON-9MIL

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445 PL 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-75 CROSBY (1969) GIVES TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM 1911-1925 AS ST (116,770 METRIC TONS) WITH AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 3.5 OZ AG 6.8% PB AND 0.1% ZN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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