The Carlisle Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,310 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: 3,310 Feet (1,009 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.56222, -115.88111
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Carlisle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carlisle Mine
Secondary: Ray Jefferson Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Beaver)
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Day Mines
Production
Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.6 % Pb, 5.1 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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: Mineralized Belt Cuts Strike Of Beds In W Flank Of Burke Anticline At 90 Deg
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM, EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION. IN THE CARLISLE - HERCULES MINERAL BELT
References
Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173
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): GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , GEOLOGY AND NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS IN CANYON - NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 478
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP A. B. GRIGGS, OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445
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