Mine detail: Page Mine

Previously called 'Tony GroupCorrigan Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.52547, -116.20163

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Cobalt, Nickel, Uranium, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gersdorffite, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Ankerite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1887

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: HYDROTHERMAL VEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1916-1917, 1926-1969
First production started: 1916
Last production ended: 1969

Geology

Host rock:Burke Formation, St. Regis Formation, Revett Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Osburn Fault, Page Fault, Tony Fault
Tectonic:Belt Basin

References

MRDSW019542
DEP10073450
Reference{Deposit:: WEIS, P. L., ARMSTRONG, F. C., AND ROSENBLUM, S., 1958 , RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952 - 1955: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1074 - B, 48 P.}{Deposit:: FRYKLUND, V. C., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 445, 103 P.}{Deposit:: Kesten, S.N., 1963, American Smelting and Refining Co. operations; Geology of the Page and Galena mines, in The Coeur *lene mining district in 1963: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 133, p. 95-98.}{Deposit:: Timken, H.W., 1936, Geology and ore deposits of Page mine, Coeur *lene district, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, University of Idaho, B.S. Thesis.}{Production:: Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur *lene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Kauffman, John D., Long, Keith R.