Jack Waite Mine

Site Name

Primary: Jack Waite Mine

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Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

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Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: White Pine

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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.

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: Silver King Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0

Owner Name: The Jack Waite Extension Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1911 -

Owner Name: Jack Waite Mining Co., Ltd.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Union, Idaho
Years: 1909 - 1928

Owner Name: Wealth Resources Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Vancouver, British Columbia
Years: 1993 -

Owner Name: Arbor Resources Inc.
Percent: 50.00
Home Office: Vancouver, British Columbia
Years: 1993 -

Owner Name: Jack Waite Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Calgary, Alberta
Years: 1991 -

Owner Name: URSA Polaris Development Corp
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1971 -

Owner Name: Duncan & McGillivery
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1966 - 1968

Owner Name: Al Tofte and Les Sanderson
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1964 - 1966

Owner Name: American Smelting and Refining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Years: 1934 - 1964

Owner Name: Jack Waite Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Seattle, Washington
Years: 1934 - 1991

Owner Name: Jack Waite Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Seattle, Washington
Years: 1930 - 1934

Owner Name: Jack Waite Consolidated Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1927 - 1930

Owner Name: Jack Waite Leasing Co..
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1926 - 1927

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Production

Year: 1983
Time Period: 1928-1969
Mined: 465977.000 mt
Material type: Ore Milled

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein, Polymetallic, Coeur d' Alene
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1884
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

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Orebody

Name: Jack Waite Vein
Form: PINCH AND SWELL

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Structure

Type: R
Structure: TROUT CREEK ANTICLINE, ?THE EAST LIMB DIPS 20 TO 30 DEGREES NEAR THE JACK W

Type: L
Description: Shear zone explored 1700 meters on strike and 520 meters down dip.

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge, Secondary Silica, Oxidation

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Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyromorphite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Cerussite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite

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Comments

Comment (Development): OVER 100 CLAIMS (INCLUDES 30 PATENTED CLAIMS). OUTPUT OF 150 TPD ORE IN 1931. ; ECON.COM: WORKINGS BELOW 1500 LEVEL WERE UNDER WATER IN 1953

Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXPOSED ON 1500 LEVEL DOWNDIP FOR 1700 FT. ORE SHOOTS HAVE SE RAKE.

Comment (Workings): 8 TUNNELS ?THE MINE HAS ABOUT 24,000 FEET OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF RAISES AND WINZES. THE MINE IS DIVIDED IN HALF BY THE IDAHO-MONTANA STATE LINE; BOTH SIDES CAN BE REACHED THROUGH THE ADIT OF THE 1,500 LEVEL WHICH HAS ITS PORTAL ABOUT ONE-HALF MILE UPSTREAM FROM THE TOWN OF DUTHIE (IDAHO). ? ALSO, ?THE MONTANA SIDE OF THE MINE IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE THROUGHT HE 100 LEVEL WHICH HAS ITS PORTAL NEAR THE HEAD OF BEAVER CREEK IN MONTANA. THE ORE, HOWEVER, MINED FROM THE MONTANA SIDE IS LOWERED DOWN THROUGH THE MONTANA RAISE TO THE 1500 LEVEL AND OUT TO THE MILL AT DUTHIE. WORKINGS BELOW THE 1,500 LEVEL ON BOTH THE IDAHO AND MONTANA SIDES ARE UNDER WATER.? (CROWLEY (1963) FROM HOSTERMAN (1956)).

Comment (Orebody): Orebodies are shoots with a SE rake (a few have a SW rake) within a vein which pinches and swells from less than 2.5 cm to 3.7 meters wide. Average stoping width was 1.5 meters.

Comment (Production): Production data from Mitchell and Bennett (1983) derived from production reported to the U.S. Bureau of Mines. Grade data from Long (1998)

Comment (Deposit): ?THE ORE OCCURS IN SHOOTS WHICH GENERALLY HAVE A SOUTHEASTERN RAKE, ALTHOUGH A FEW ORE SHOOTS HAVE A SOUTHWESTERN RAKE. THIS PATTERN IS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE ON THE MONTANA SIDE OF THE MINE WHERE MORE CAREFUL STOPE MAPPING HAS BEEN DONE.? (HOSTERMAN, 1956) ?THE ORE IS COMMONLY, BUT NOT ALWAYS, FOUND ON THE FOOTWALL OF THE SHEAR ZONE, WHICH HAS SEVERAL INCHES OF GOUGE. IN THE STOPES ON THE MONTANA SIDE OF THE MINE SECONDARY SHEARS THAT DIVERGE UPWARD FROM THE MAIN JACK WAITE SHEAR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. AT THE JUNCTIONS OF THESE SECONDARY SHEARS AND THE MAIN SHEAR ZONE THE COUNTRY ROCK HAS BEEN EXTREMELY BROKEN AND SHATTERED. IT SEEMS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT THESE JUNCTIONS HAVE PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN LOCALIZING THE ORE. SMEARED AND SHATTERED GALENA INDICATES POSTMINERALIZATION MOVEMENT. THE LITHOLOGIC CHARACTER OF THE ENCLOSING ROCKS DOES NOT SEEM TO HAVE HAD ANY CONTROL OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE ORE.? (FROM HOSTERMAN, 1956). ?THE MONTANA VEIN SHOWS A TENDENCY TO FOLLOW THE HANGING-WALL, AND THE IDAHO VEIN TO FOLLOW THE FOOT-WALL OF THE MAIN FISSURE.? (TURNER, 1941).

Comment (Deposit): ?MINERALIZATION AT THE JACK WAITE FOLLOWS A STRONG SHEAR ZONE THAT STRIKES ABOUT N60W AND DIPS 45 DEGREES TO 55 DEGREES SW.? (CROWLEY, 1963). ?TURNER (1931, P. 672) CLASSIFIES TWO VEINS AT THE JACK WAITE: THE MONTANA VEIN, WHICH IS THE MOST PROMINENT IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE AND WHICH USUSALLY OCCURS ALONG THE HANGING WALL, AND THE IDAHO VEIN WHICH IS LESS INTENSELY MINERALIZED ALONG THE FOOTWALL. AT SOME PLACES A HORSE OF WASTE SEPARATES THE TWO; THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO IS NOT AS NOTICEABLE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE MINE.? (FROM CROWLEY, 1963). ?THE VEIN STRIKES N55W AND DIPS 52 DEGREES SW, CROSSING THE BEDDING OF THE ENCLOSED SLATES AND QUARTZITES, WHICH DIP 20--40 DEGREES NE. THE DEPOSIT IS A QUARTZ-FILLED FISSURE THAT RANGES FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO 10 FEET IN WIDTH AND AVERAGES PERHAPS 4 FEET. A GOUGE SEAM MARKS THE FISSURE, AND IN MANY PLACES QUARTZ HAS BEEN DEPOSITED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF IT, LEAVING THE GOUGE ALMOST ENTIRELY UNREPLACED.? (FROM FROM UMPLEBY AND JONES, 1923).

Comment (Location): DECIMAL DEGREES: 47.6644 -115.7219 ?ALTHOUGH THE MAIN SURFACE PLANT IS ON TRIBUTARY CREEK, A BRANCH OF THE EAST FORK OF EAGLE CREEK, IN IDAHO, MUCH OF THE MINING SINCE THE 1930?S HAS BEEN IN MONTANA ON THE DIXIE CREEK BRANCH OF BIG BEAVER CREEK? (CROWLEY, 1963).

Comment (Location): THE JACK WAITE MINE (ID) AND JACK WAITE (MT) ON THE IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER ARE 1 MI APART. THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME MINE.

Comment (Deposit): DIMENSIONS OF THE DEPOSIT IN 1958 WAS 4400 FT LONG BY 0 FT TO 80 FT WIDE BY 1500 FT DEEP (MBMG FILES, RM 213, MAIN HALL, MONTANA TECH, BUTTE). AN UNPUBLISHED LETTER/REPORT BY MINEXCO, INC., SPOKANE, WA IN MBMG FILES, RM 213, MAIN HALL, MONTANA TECH: LISTED TWO MAJOR VEINS: THE JACK WAITE (N60W DIPS 50SW) LOCATED ON THE EAST LIMB OF A GENTLE NORTH PLUNGING ANTICLINE AND THE COLUMBUS (N70W, 70SE).

Comment (Exploration): 1900 - JACK WAITE DISCOVERS VEIN IN TRIBUTARY CREEK 1909 - JACK WAITE MINING COMPANY INCORPORATED AND PURCHASED NINE CLAIMS FROM SENATOR LEE MANTLE FOR $250,000. (CROWLEY, 1963). 1927 - 125-TON MILL AND ELECTRIC POWERLINE BUILT (CROWLEY, 1963). 1928 - MAIN HAULAGEWAY STARTED ON THE 1500 LEVEL. MILL CAPACITY INCREASED TO 400 TON PER DAY. JACK WAITE CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY INCORPORATED IN ARIZONA. 1930 - ORE PROCESSED IN 150-TON FLOTATION PLANT IN MURRAY, IDAHO. 1931 - NEW 500-TON FLOTATION PLANT IN DUTHIE, IDAHO. 1934 - AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. (ASARCO) ACQUIRES PROPERTY MAY 1, 1934. 1961 - ASARCO GIVES UP LEASE ON JACK WAITE.

Comment (Production): ABOUT 40% OF PRODUCTION CREDITED TO MONTANA (KROHN AND WEIST, 1977). FROM KROHN AND WEIST (1977) AND CROWLEY (1963), FROM 1911 TO 1960 CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION WAS: AU - 1,549 OZ AT 0.002 OZ/T AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.0022 OPT GOLD AG - 616,615 OZ AT 0.9 OZ/T AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.88 OPT SILVER CU - 1,035,240 LB AT 0.08% AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.069% COPPER PB - 133,953,045 LB AT 9.8% AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 9.5% LEAD ZN - 20,871,892 LB AT 1.5% AT AN AVERAGE GRADE OF 1.59% ZINC ORE - 687,425 T. 300-TON FLOTATION MILL (MBMG FILES, RM 213, MAIN HALL, MONTANA TECH, BUTTE).

Comment (Location): 12 MI SW OF WHITE PINE; 22 MI BY ROAD NW OF THOMPSON FALLS; 3.5 MILES SSE OF BLACK PEAK ON THE MONTANA/IDAHO BORDER. TWO MILES WEST OF DIXIE PEAK AND SOUTH OF THE HEADWATERS OF DIXIE CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF BIG BEAVER CREEK

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References

Reference (Production): Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.

Reference (Production): Long, K.R., 1998, Grade and tonnage models for Coeur d'Alene-type polymetallic veins: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-583, 28 p.

Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.

Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 742 - 743

Reference (Deposit): YOUNG, F. M., CROWLEY, FRANK A., SAHINEN, UUNO M., 1962, MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MONTANA BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30, P. 35

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, J.R., 1931, THE JACK WAITE MINE: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V.17, NO. 12, P. 671-673.

Reference (Deposit): CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 58 P

Reference (Geology): KROHN, D.H. AND WEIST, M.M., 1977, PRINCIPAL INFORMATION ON MONTANA MINES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 75, P. 128.

Reference (Deposit): TURNER, J.R., 1931, THE JACK WAITE MINE: AMERICAN MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, V. 17, NO. 12, P. 671-673.

Reference (Geology): JENKS, W.F., 1938, GEOLOGY OF PORTIONS OF THE LIBBY AND TROUT CREEK QUADRANGLES, MONTANA AND IDAHO: UNPUBLISHED PH.D. DISSERTATION, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, P. 209-210.

Reference (General): MINING TRUTH, 1927, HOW JACK WAITE WAS MADE A MINE: MINING TRUTH, V. 12, NO. 5, P. 19-20.?

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