Regal Mine

The Regal Mine is a gold mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Regal Mine
Secondary: Silver Crescent
Secondary: Commercial

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie - Yaak 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.
Administrative Organization: Kaniksu National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Silver Crescent, Inc.

Production

Year: 1946
Time Period: 1937-1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.2 Oz Au/Ton, 2.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 3 % Pb, 3 % Zn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1937
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: Purcell Range

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR (PINCHED ON DIP AND STRIKE)

Structure

Type: R
Description: Purcell Trench Trends Nne, Located W. Of Mine; Moyie - Lenia Fault Trends N, Located E Of Mine

Type: L
Description: Kaniksu Batholith; Shearing; Minor Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TENOR OF MILL HEADS: 0.2 OZ/TON AU, 2.5 OZ/TON AG, 3% PB, 3.5% ZN, 10% FE

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Development): 52 Unpatented Claims

Comment (Deposit): 2 Parallel Veins Called North And South

Comment (Workings): Concentrating Mill At The Mine; Mine Idle Except For Assessment Work; 3 Levels

Comment (Commodity): Pb Isotopes: Pb206/Pb204 = 18.247; Pb207/Pb204 = 15.604; Pb208/Pb204 = 37.798

Comment (Location): W. Base Of Wall Mountain

Comment (Production): $300,000 Production

Comment (Geology): Ore Associated With Bethlehem Fault; Of Intermediate Temperature Or Mesothermal Deposition; Mobilized By Plutonic Activity

References

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1945, Lead - Zinc Mineralization In The Moyie - Yaak District Near Bonners Ferry, Boundary Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 73, 9 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1945 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 7

Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard 1951 Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamph 85, P. 30

Reference (Deposit): Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.

Reference (Deposit): Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971, Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geol., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.

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