Mine detail: Commonwealth Mine

Previously called 'Hayden Creek MinesNighthawk'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.82296, -116.65825

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Silver, Gold
Tertiary:	Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Quartz
Orebody form:	BUNCHY, LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1892

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Wallace Formation
Host type:	Shale,Argillite

References

MRDS	W019442
MAS	160550004
DEP	10073385
Reference	{Deposit:: Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.}{Deposit:: Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971 , Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geology, V. 66 , No. 6 , P. 849 - 860}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975 , Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974 , USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.}{Deposit:: Western Mining News, 1974 - 1975 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur *lenes) And Washington, P. 37}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D.