The Blue Grouse Mine is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.5614, -115.86560
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Blue Grouse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Grouse Mine
Secondary: Alpine Silver
Secondary: Inc.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Alpine Silver, Inc.
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.2 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.5% Pb, 6.8% Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
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: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): IN THE HERCULES-CARLISLE MINERAL BELT
Comment (Deposit): DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION
Comment (Location): ALONG CARBON CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 , DIRECTORY OF MINES, IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, 1974 - 75 : SPOKANE, WESTERN MINING NEWS, 163 P.
Reference (Deposit): GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , GEOLOGY AND NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS IN CANYON-NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1919 DIREXPL INTERSTATE CALLAHAN MIN. CO.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP A. B. GRIGGS, OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445
Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173 . GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , USGS OPEN - FILE REPT., 108 P.
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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