The Niagara is a copper and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,675 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: 3,675 Feet (1,120 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.6758, -115.86030
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Niagara MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Niagara
Secondary: Eagle Creek
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Eagle
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Earth Resources Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Golden, Colorado
Years: 1974 - 1978
Owner Name: Niagara Mining and Development Co., Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Years: 1955 - 2002
Owner Name: Niagara Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1928 - 1929
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Stratabound
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1974
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stromeyerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FOUR KM OF ROAD AND 16 KM OF TRANSMISSION LINES WOULD
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Resource estimate at a lower cutoff grade.
Comment (Orebody): Orebody outcrops to the southeast, is bounded by faults to the west and northwest, and pinches out to the northeast.
Comment (Deposit): HAVE TO BE CONSTRUCTED. WATER WOULD HAVE TO BE OBTAINED
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Resource estimate at a higher cutoff grade.
Comment (Deposit): FROM WELLS. LABOR IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THE SITE AND WOULD
Comment (Deposit): HAVE TO COMMUTE FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
Comment (Deposit): THE PROPOSED PRODUCTION RATE OF 3500 MT/DAY INCLUDES
Comment (Deposit): 175 MT/DAY OF DILUTION MATERIAL; A 5 PCT DILUTION FACTOR.
References
Reference (Deposit): EARTH RESOURCES COMPANY., 1975, PRELIMINARY EVALUATION, EAGLE CREEK PROJECT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: INTERNAL MEMORANDUM, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): HAGEN RESEARCH, INC. PRELIMINARY METALLURGICAL STUDIES ON EAGLE CREEK COPPER-SILVER ORE SAMPLES, LETTER TO EARTH RESOURCES CO., MARCH 5, 1975, 18 P.
Reference (Deposit): LANGE, I. M. AND R. A. SHERRY, 1983, GENESIS OF THE SANDSTONE (REVETT) TYPE OF COPPER-SILVER OCCURRENCES IN THE BELT SUPERGROUP OF NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHEASTERN IDAHO: GEOLOGY, V. 2, P. 643-646.
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