The Amazon Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,150 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: 4,150 Feet (1,265 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.5625, -115.86750
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Amazon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amazon Mine
Secondary: Manhattan Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
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
Owner Name: Day Mines, Inc.
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.8 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.9 % Pb, 5.2 % Zn
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Production): ITEMS 9 , 10 , 11 INCLUDE PRODUCTION WITH THE MANHATTAN, MONITOR, AND CARLISLE.
Comment (Development): OPERATED RAY JEFFERSON MILL IN 1918
Comment (Deposit): DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM ARE EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION. IN THE CARLISLE-HERCULES MINERAL BELT
References
Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , GEOLOGY AND NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS ON CANYON - NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.
Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173
Reference (Deposit): GERRY, C. N., 1920 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1918 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 486
Reference (Deposit): 1920 COMPILE C. N. GERRY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U. S., 1918
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP A. B. GRIGGS, OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445
Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.
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