The Great Dunkard Mine is a antimony mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,956 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: 2,956 Feet (901 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 47.4919, -116.27000
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Great Dunkard Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Dunkard Mine
Secondary: Pearson
Secondary: Great Dunker
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: St. Joe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Placer Creek Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN A SMALL GULCH TRIBUTARY TO ROSS FORK
References
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A. B., AND GOOD, S. E., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE TWIN CRAGS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1142-A, 33 P.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 710 , 36 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 710
Reference (Deposit): 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 123 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1963 GEOLMAP CAMPBELL AND GOOD, BULL. 1142-A
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