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California Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290567
MRDS ID W026707
MAS/MILS ID 0160790044
Record type Site
Current site name California Mine
Alternate or previous names Blackcloud, California Consolidated, Tamarack and Chesapeake
Related records 10078398

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.90912, 47.50737 (WGS84)
Elevation 968
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

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 048 N 004 E 14 SWSWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.90912, 47.50737
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N75W
    Dip 75N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 183M
    Width 150M
    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:75N
    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
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1902

Mining district

District name Placer Center

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • 12-75 GRIGGS (1952) SHOWS PRODUCTION AS 279,070 OZ AG AND 7, LBS PB FROM 49,237 SHORT TONS OF ORE MIXED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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