The Beacon Light Mine is a silver and copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,026 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,026 Feet (1,227 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.4647, -115.68940
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Beacon Light Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beacon Light Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter)
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: Callahan
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: 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
Analytical Data: OLD ORE SAMPLES ASSAYED 9.8 OZ/TON AG AND 20.5% CU.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AG-CU ORE PRODUCED IN 1929.
Comment (Development): 76 CLAIMS (UNPATENTED). A GEOCHEM ANOMALY WAS INVESTIGATED BY CORDERO.
Comment (Deposit): 76 TOTAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 900 FT DEPTH BELOW MAIN ADIT
References
Reference (Production): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 23 , 1968
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 23 , 1974 ; MARCH 9 , 1973 ; FEB. 20 , 1969 ; OCT. 23 , 1968 ; JUNE 13 , 1975
Reference (Deposit): HANSEN, O. T., 1966 , 66TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1966 , P. 90
Reference (Deposit): 1966 OTHER STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S 66TH ANN. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1968 DIREXPL CORDERO
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