The Burke Property Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,761 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: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.5217, -115.71530
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Burke Property Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burke Property Prospect
Secondary: Eastern Star
Secondary: Blue Ribbon
Secondary: Little Butte
Secondary: Cda Temple
Secondary: Arlington
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Leland)
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Burke Mining Co.; Eastern Star Min. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Type: L
Description: Imperial, Humboldt, And Champion Fault Systems
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): IN VIEW OF DISTANCE OF DEPOSITS FROM POSSIBLE PORTS OF SHIPMENT, SURIMAM GEOLOGICAL AND MINING SERVICE BELIEVES THE EXISTENCE OF LARGE RESOURCES (OF THE ORDER OF 150-200 MILLION TONS) WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVED BEFORE ANY LARGE PROJECT COULD BE EMBARKED UPON, EVEN ONE YIELDING AN ANNUAL ORE PRODUCTION OF 5 MILLION TONS. SUCH A TONNAGE ADDED TO GROWING EXPORTS OF BAUXITE AND ALUMINA WOULD JUSTIFY IMPROVING PORT FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE VESSELS.
Comment (Geology): TWO SMALL OUTCROPS OF METASEDIMENTS (ITABIRITES, QUARTZITES & SILICEOUS MICA SCHISTS AT TOP OF TAPAJE SERIES); ITABIRITES OCCUR ON TOP OF HILL WHERE THEY ARE COVERED BY HIGHLY FERRUGINOUS LATERITES (CANGA). EXTENSIVE GRANITE AREAS BORDER OUTCROPS.
Comment (Location): NE OF THE DAY PROPERTIES. ADJOINS IDAHO-MONTANA SILVER, INC. PROPERTY ON THE S. PROPERTY PARALLELS IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER
Comment (Development): 202 CLAIMS (UNPATENTED) ( 84 CLAIMS FROM THE EASTERN STAR ). PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO T 48 N, R 6 E, SECS 5 , 20 ; T 48 N, R 5 E, SECS 1 , 2 , 12 , 13 ; T 49 N, R 5 E, SECS 35 , 36
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY INCLUDES ARLINGTON AND DILLON, PART OF THE EASTERN STAR MIN. CO., LOCATED 5 MI NE OF BURKE; PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDES TEMPLE GROUP ( 5 PATENTED CLAIMS ) IN WHICH CALLAHAN CONSOLIDATED HAS 5 % INTEREST.
Comment (Commodity): CANGA LAYER IS OFTEN HIGHLY FERRUGINOUS AND LOW IN IMPURITIES. WHERE AVERAGE FE CONTENT IS 61 PERCENT, SILICA AND ALUMINA ACCOUNT TOGETHER FOR 5 TO 6 PERCENT, TIO2 FOR 0.3 PERCENT, PHOSPHORUS FOR 0.12 PERCENT, SULPHUR FOR 0.05 PERCENT, AND MANGANESE FOR 0.11 PERCENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 23
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 5 , 1971 ; MAR. 5 , 1968 ; SEPT. 29 , 1967 ; AUG. 15 , 1967 ; MAY 21 , 1975
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
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