The Mc Curkle - Shane Mine is a copper and silver mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,501 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.5658, -117.06690
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Mc Curkle - Shane Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mc Curkle - Shane Mine
Secondary: Mc Corkle Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Mineral District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1898
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Cuddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Folding And Doming Of The Strata
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UP TO 10% CU. SOME ORE CARRIED 150 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1919, PRODUCTION OF ORE RUNNING 70-80 OZ/TON AG AND 5% CU TOTALED 2 CARS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1918, P. 109.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R.N., 1920 , TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919 , P. 88
Reference (Deposit): 1919 COMPILE 20TH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1918
Reference (Deposit): 1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919
Reference (Production): BELL, R.N., 1920 , STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1919
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13
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