The Monitor Mine is a copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,640 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: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.35194, -115.57333
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Monitor Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monitor Mine
Secondary: Montana - Idaho Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: St. Joe 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: Montana Idaho Copper Co.
Production
Year: 1905
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^18 % Cu
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
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 - St. Joe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND ON THE IDAHO SIDE OF STATE LINE
Comment (Deposit): MONITOR VEIN HIT 3865 FT FROM PORTAL
References
Reference (Deposit): 1911 OTHER J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 470
Reference (Deposit): 1914 OTHER CALKINS AND JONES, BULL. 540 { 1925 COMPILE C. N. GERRY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U. S., 1922
Reference (Deposit): 1928 COMPILE US BUR MINES, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U. S., 1925
Reference (Production): CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211 . BELL, R. N., 1906 , 7TH ANN. REPT. OF IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1905 , P. 129
Reference (Deposit): KATZ, F. J., 1928 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 , PT. I - METALS: USBM, P. 539 - 550
Reference (Deposit): GERRY, C. N., 1925 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 242
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61 .
Reference (Deposit): 5) COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139 .
Reference (Deposit): 6) GERRY, C. N., 1920 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1918 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 492
Reference (Deposit): 1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285
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