The Caribou Mine is a silver mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 47.6011, -116.65920
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Caribou Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caribou Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Wolf Lodge 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Caribou Mining Co., (W. J. Burns, Sr.)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Chloritization
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB208/PB204 = 38.321
Analytical Data: PB207/PB204 = 15.485
Analytical Data: PB ISOTOPE COMPOSITION: PB206/PB204 = 17.801
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Development): 10 Unpatented Claims. Flotation Concentrator.
Comment (Deposit): Vein On No. 2 Level Strikes N 25 Deg E, Then S, To Se, To Sw. Vein On No. 3 Level Strikes N 30 Deg E, Dips 68 Deg Se.
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Sericitization, Silicification, Chloritization
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fracture - Filling Veins At Contact
References
Reference (Production): Green, W. R., 1966 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Alfred L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): Green, W. R., 1966 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 1 P.
Reference (Deposit): Zartman, R. E., And Stacy, J. S., 1971 , Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geology, V. 66 , No. 6 , P. 849 - 860
Reference (Deposit): Thomson And Others, 1925, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 6
Reference (Deposit): Large, 1943, Science V 98, No 2556, P 560-561
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