The King Mine is a gold mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,700 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: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.6258, -115.89470
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King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
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
Owner Name: Drummond, William W.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PARALLEL BRANCHING VEINS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Many Cross Faults Offset The Veins
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ankerite, Sericite, Chlorite, Apatite
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: Scheelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): ESTIMATED $200,000 AU YIELDED.
Comment (Development): MILL, 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 193 PATENTED CLAIMS, 3 PATENTED MILLSITES
Comment (Deposit): VEIN STRIKES N 75 DEG W TO E AND W
Comment (Workings): LENGTH WORKINGS A 1960 FIGURE
References
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P
Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4
Reference (Production): SHENON, P. J., 1938 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.
Idaho Gold
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