Mine detail: Jack Waite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.66399, -115.74444

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Cerussite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1884

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: Vein, Polymetallic, Coeur *Alene
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1911-1912,1916-1920, 1922-1923, 1926-1961, 1969
First production started: 1918
Last production ended: 1969

Geology

Host rock:Lower and Upper Prichard Formation
Host type:Quartzite,Slate
Structure:Shear zone explored 1700 meters on strike and 520 meters down dip.
Tectonic:Belt Basin
Alteration processes:Gouge, Secondary Silica, Oxidation

References

MRDSW026583
DEP10078310
Reference{Deposit:: UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.}{Deposit:: CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 58 P}{Deposit:: TURNER, J.R., 1931, THE JACK WAITE MINE: AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 17, NO. 12, P. 671-673.}{Deposit:: HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 742 - 743}{Deposit:: YOUNG, F. M., CROWLEY, FRANK A., SAHINEN, UUNO M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MONTANA BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30, P. 35}{Deposit:: TURNER, J.R., 1931, THE JACK WAITE MINE: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V.17, NO. 12, P. 671-673.}{General:: MINING TRUTH, 1927, HOW JACK WAITE WAS MADE A MINE: MINING TRUTH, V. 12, NO. 5, P. 19-20.?}{Geology:: KROHN, D.H. AND WEIST, M.M., 1977, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION ON MONTANA MINES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 75, P. 128.}{Geology:: JENKS, W.F., 1938, GEOLOGY OF PORTIONS OF THE LIBBY AND TROUT CREEK QUADRANGLES, MONTANA AND IDAHO: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, P. 209-210.}{Production:: Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur *lene mining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.}{Production:: Long, K.R., 1998, Grade and tonnage models for Coeur *lene-type polymetallic veins: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-583, 28 p.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Buckingham, David A., Long, Keith R.