The Big It Mine is a tungsten mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,539 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: 2,539 Feet (774 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 47.47028, -116.21806
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Big It Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big It Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSED SPHALERITE CONTAINED 0.72 % FE
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): 13 UNPATENDED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): LENGTH WORKINGS IS 1944 FIGURE
References
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P
Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 44
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