Mine detail: Keep Cool Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.90766, -116.44495

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Ore: Boulangerite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: SOME RIBBON ORE

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Lower Member Wallace Formation-Limy Argillite
Host type:Argillite
Structure:Packsaddle Fault To The W; Cascade Fault To The E., Breccia, Gouge
Alteration processes:Siliceous

References

MRDSW019434
DEP10107336
Reference{Deposit:: CALKINS, F. C., 1909 , A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 384 , 112 P.}{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6 , 131 P.}{Deposit:: SAMPSON, E., 1928 , GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31 , 25 P.}{Deposit:: MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52}{Deposit:: 5) KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.}{Deposit:: 6) SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 5 , 1974}{Deposit:: 1906 OTHER D. F. MAC DONALD, BULL. 285}{Deposit:: 1909 RECON F. C. CALKINS, BULL. 384}{Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31}{Deposit:: 1967 DIREXPL SUNSHINE MINING CO.}{Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6}{Deposit:: 1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 156}{Production:: MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , USGS BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.