The Western Union Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho.
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Western Union Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Western Union Mine
Secondary: Day Mines
Secondary: H.E.M. Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Placer Center
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: Daybreak Mines, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Day Mines
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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
Form: REPLACEMENT - TABULAR, FISSURE VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): On Revenue Gulch
Comment (Production): 1 Car of Ag-Pb Ore Shipped.
Comment (Development): 11 Patented Claims, 19 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Workings): Length Is A 1960 Figure.
Comment (Production): 12-75 Crosby (1959) Shows Total Production From the Western As 30,000 Short Tons of Ore Averaging 4.5 Oz Ag Per Ton and Pb. No Zinc Production Is Reported.
References
Reference (Deposit): Crosby 1959 Prof Engineering Thesis, Univ Of Minnesota
Reference (Deposit): 1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445
Reference (Production): Kiessling, O. E., 1932 , Mineral Resources Of The U.S., 1929 , Pt. 1 - Metals: USBM, P. 398
Reference (Deposit): 1922 Compile Idaho Mine Inspector'S 23rd Ann. Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Campbell, S., 1922 , 23rd Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1921 , P. 116
Reference (Deposit): Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1964 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 445 , 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965, Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USGS Prof Paper 478
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