The Panhandle Mine is a zinc and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,176 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: 3,176 Feet (968 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead
Lat, Long: 47.5086, -115.89640
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Panhandle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Panhandle Mine
Secondary: Stratton
Secondary: Dayrock Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Placer Center)
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: Hecla, Dayrock Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG NINEMILE CREEK.
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF PB ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1922.
Comment (Deposit): DAYROCK MIN. CO. TOOK OVER PANHANDLE FROM STRATTON MINES CO. IN LATE 1928
References
Reference (Deposit): GERRY, C. N., 1925, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PART 1 - METALS: USGS P. 242
Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP A. B. GRIGGS, OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 478
Reference (Production): GERRY, C. N., 1925 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922 , PART 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 242
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): 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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