| Lat / long: | 47.54297, -115.81822 |
| Primary: | Lead, Zinc, Silver |
| Secondary: | Copper |
| Tertiary: | Nickel, Gold |
| Ore: | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Cerussite |
| Gangue: | Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Arsenopyrite, Biotite, Andradite, Grunerite, Adularia, Chlorite, Actinolite |
| Orebody form: | PINCH AND SWELL |
| Discovery year: | 1889 |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Deposit type: | REPLACEMENT VEIN |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1901-1925, 1930-1931, 1934-1935, 1937-1938, 1941, 1945-1960, 1962, 1964-1965 |
| First production started: | 1901 |
| Host rock: | Burke Formation, Prichard Formation |
| Host type: | Quartzite |
| Structure: | West Limb of Burke Anticline, Hercules-Mercury Fault a shear zone cutting west limb of Burke Anticline. Fault steepens and splays at depth. This fault is complementary to a set of NS faults that join the Osburn and Thompson Pass faults. |
| MRDS | W026644 |
| DEP | 10078354 |
| 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:: FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.}{Deposit:: RANSOME, F. L., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR *LENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 260 , P. 274 - 303 .}{Deposit:: GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , GEOLOGY AND NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS OF CANYON - NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.}{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, 1998} |
| Reporter | Long, Keith R., Kauffman, John D., Hasler, J. William, Miller, Pat J. |