The Chicago - London Mine is a zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,239 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: 4,239 Feet (1,292 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.5972, -115.75140
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Chicago - London Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chicago - London Mine
Secondary: Paragon Consol.
Secondary: Lower Paragon
Secondary: Upper Paragon
Secondary: Jewell
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
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
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: Bitterroot Mountains - Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BUNCHES
Structure
Type: R
Description: E Limb Of Trout Creek Anticline Which Strikes N
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION BEFORE 1923 OF ABOUT 30 CARS OF 40 - 50 % ZN ORE AND A FEW CARS OF PB ORE.
Comment (Geology): PRICHARD BEDS STRIKE N-S, DIP 75 DEG W
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSIS 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. 745
Reference (Deposit): 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY AND JONES, 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P. BELL, R. N., 1912 , THIRTEENTH ANN. REPT. IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1911 , P. 126 RANSOME AND CALKINS, 1908, USGS PROF. PAPER 62. KATZ, F.S., 1927, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1924. HOSTERMAN, 1956, GEOLOGY OF MURRAY AREA, USGS BULL. 1027-P.
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