The Shoemaker Mine is a mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,641 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: 2,641 Feet (805 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.6331, -117.78500
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Shoemaker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shoemaker Mine
Secondary: Schumaker
Secondary: Creek
Secondary: P,Pioneer,Longshot.Adjacent Prosp
Secondary: Ects Are Michigan Boy,Cherryjoe
Secondary: Schumaker Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Colville Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cordilleran Development, Inc.
Info Year: 1990
Owner Name: Triton Mining,Colville,Wa
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1926
Discovery Year: 1912
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Graphite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD 050-E ACT YEAR OF LAST PRODUCTION UNCERTAIN.SOME MINO 1970 REC 180 COLS-35-52.EXPOSED REC 151.GRAPHITIC ORES WILL REQUIRE UNIQUE BENEFICIATION.COM CU. TOO LOW-GRADE FOR ECON RECOVERY. SMELTER RETURNS DURING S OF PRODUCTION DETAILED EXPLOR & DRILLG RECOMD FOR HOST HORIZON UP & DN ST LEAD TIME TO MINE RESERVES ONLY IS 1 MO.2YRS ESTD TO XPAND
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING
References
Reference (Deposit): WA.DIV GEOL & EARTH RESOURCES.UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): TO PAC NW ELECTRYC ZN INDSTRY.BPAMKT.DEVEL SECT.
Reference (Deposit): GAGE,H.L,1941,SOME FOREIGN & DOM ZN-PB MINES THAT CLD SUPLY
Reference (Deposit): UTILY DIST STVNS CO.BY COLVILLE ENGRG
Reference (Deposit): COLVILLE ENGR CO,1941,REPT ON MINS IN STVNS CO,ASSEMBLED FOR
Reference (Deposit): GEOL BUL 61
Reference (Deposit): WEISSENBORN,A.E,1970,EDITOR,PB-ZNDEPS KOOTENAY ARC.WA DIV MI
Reference (Deposit): GEOL & EARTH RESOURCES BUL 70(IN-PRESS 1976)
Reference (Deposit): EILLE & STEVENS COS WA,USBM IC 7872
Reference (Deposit): MILLS,J.W,1976,ZN-PB ORE DEPS IN CARBONATE ROCKS,STVNS CO.WA
Reference (Deposit): FULKERSON,F.B,KINGSTON,G.A,1958, MINE PROD GOLD,AG,CU,PB,ZN,
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING,M.T,1956,INVNTRY WASH MINS.WA DIV MINES & GEOL BU
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