Mine detail: Mc Curkle - Shane Mine

Previously called 'Mc Corkle Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.56566, -117.06791

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1898

Geology

Host rock:Metamorphosed Shale And Limestone
Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Granite
Structure:Folding And Doming Of The Strata

References

MRDSW012995
DEP10070235
Reference{Deposit:: BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1918, P. 109.}{Deposit:: LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 18.}{Deposit:: BELL, R.N., 1920 , TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919 , P. 88}{Deposit:: 1919 COMPILE 20TH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1918}{Deposit:: 1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919}{Deposit:: 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13}{Production:: BELL, R.N., 1920 , STATE MINE INSPECTO* REPORT FOR 1919}
ReporterNakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick