Mine detail: Tiger-Poorman Mine

Previously called 'Tiger MinePoorman Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 47.52377, -115.81292

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Zinc, Copper, Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Ankerite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL
Discovery year: 1884

Production

Operation type: Underground
Deposit type: HYDROTHERMAL VEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1888-1919, 1941, 1943, 1951-1952; 1961
First production started: 1888
Last production ended: 1952

Geology

Host rock:Burke Formation
Host type:Quartzite
Associated rock:Prichard Formation
Associated type:Meta-Argillite
Structure:Granite Peak Syncline, *eill Gulch Fault, A reverse fault which moved Prichard Fm up against Burke Fm, Tiger-Poorman Lode
Tectonic:Belt Basin

References

MRDSW026650
DEP10105998
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.}{Geology:: 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.}{Geology:: Hobbs, W., Griggs, A.B., Wallace, R.E., and Campbell, A.B., 1965, Geology of the Coeur *lene district, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS PP 478, 139 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.}{Reserve-Resource:: Yeatman, Pope, 1907, Preliminary statement of investigation of the Federal Mining & Smelting Compan* property in the Coeur *lenes, Idaho: New York, Federal M&S internal report, 8 p.}
ReporterMiller, Pat J., Long, Keith R., Kauffman, John D.