The Regal Mine is a gold mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.8506, -116.25970
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Regal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Regal Mine
Secondary: Silver Crescent
Secondary: Commercial
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie - Yaak District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Kaniksu National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Crescent, Inc.
Production
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1937-1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au/Ton, 2.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 3 % Pb, 3 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Purcell Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR (PINCHED ON DIP AND STRIKE)
Structure
Type: R
Description: Purcell Trench Trends Nne, Located W. Of Mine; Moyie - Lenia Fault Trends N, Located E Of Mine
Type: L
Description: Kaniksu Batholith; Shearing; Minor Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TENOR OF MILL HEADS: 0.2 OZ/TON AU, 2.5 OZ/TON AG, 3% PB, 3.5% ZN, 10% FE
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 52 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Deposit): 2 Parallel Veins Called North And South
Comment (Workings): Concentrating Mill At The Mine; Mine Idle Except For Assessment Work; 3 Levels
Comment (Commodity): Pb Isotopes: Pb206/Pb204 = 18.247; Pb207/Pb204 = 15.604; Pb208/Pb204 = 37.798
Comment (Location): W. Base Of Wall Mountain
Comment (Production): $300,000 Production
Comment (Geology): Ore Associated With Bethlehem Fault; Of Intermediate Temperature Or Mesothermal Deposition; Mobilized By Plutonic Activity
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1945, Lead - Zinc Mineralization In The Moyie - Yaak District Near Bonners Ferry, Boundary Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 73, 9 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1945 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 7
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard 1951 Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamph 85, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.
Reference (Deposit): Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971, Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geol., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.
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