The Giant Ledge Mine is a lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,251 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: 3,251 Feet (991 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.5861, -115.79580
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Giant Ledge Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Giant Ledge Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Summit)
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Giant Ledge Syndicate
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: 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: Galena
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF CU-PB ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1926.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AT CREEK LEVEL
Comment (Location): ABOUT 1 MI UP GRANITE GULCH
References
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P
Reference (Production): KATZ, F. J., 1928 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U. S., PT. 1 - METALS: US BUR MINES, P. 449
Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 725 - 748
Reference (Deposit): 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.
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