Mine detail: Mc Curkle - Shane Mine

Previously called 'Mc Corkle Mine'

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Location: Washington County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.56566, -117.06791
dep_id: 10070235
mrds_id: W012995
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite
gangue: Pyrite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
Reporter: Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat, Winters, Dick
hrock_unit: Metamorphosed Shale And Limestone
hrock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
arock_type: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Granite
Structure: Folding And Doming Of The Strata
Year first produced: 1898
References:
  • 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
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