Douglas Mine

The Douglas Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,756 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.

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Site Name

Primary: Douglas Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Douglas Mining Co., Kellogg, Id.

Owner Name: Douglas Mining Co., Virgil Bebb

Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1916 - 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5.38 Oz. Ag, 8.38 % Pb, 24.47 % Zn
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^11 % Zn, 4 % Pb, 4 Oz Ag / Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1898
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 - St. Joe Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Brecciation

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Stains

Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AND ABOUT 6 % FE ON THE AVERAGE.
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTEDLY CARRIES 20 % ZN, 4 - 8 % PB, 3 - 6 OZ AG / TON

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 6 MI S OF KING PROPERTY. 1 MI N OF CONSTITUTION MINE. ON E. FK PINE CREEK

Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEMS 1 - 3 FROM DOUGLAS VEIN. ITEM H4, TOTAL FOR MARMION VEIN.

Comment (Production): ITEM 1 STOCK PILED IN 1943

Comment (Development): 7 FULL CLAIMS, 2 FRACTIONS, ALL PATENTED (1920) 125 - TON MILL AND 10 ADDITIONAL CLAIMS (1944)

Comment (Workings): 2 VEINS, EAST AND WEST, HAVE SAME ATTITUDE AND SIMILAR LENGTHS.

Comment (Deposit): IN 1944 , CONTROL OF THE DOUGLAS CO. WAS BY SULLIVAN MINING CO. WHICH WAS CONTROLLED JOINTLY BY HECLA AND BUNKER HILL. MINIMUM MINABLE ORE LIMIT ( 1944 ) ESTIMATED AT 18 - INCH WIDTH OF 25 % ZN.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 710

Reference (Deposit): 1944 OTHER FORRESTER & NELSON, SMI O. F. REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445

Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE USBM, 1974 MINING ACTIVITY

Reference (Production): FORRESTER, J. D., AND NELSON, V. E., 1944 , USGS SMI OPEN - FILE REPT., 27 P.

Reference (Deposit): 7) WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 43

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): JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 710 , 36 P.

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C., 1909 , A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTH WESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 384 , 112 P.

Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975 , ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974 , USBM, BOISE , IDAHO, 61 P.

Reference (Deposit): 5) MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52 .

Reference (Deposit): 6) FORRESTER, J. D., AND NELSON, V. E., 1944 , LEAD AND ZINC DEPOSITS OF THE PINE CREEK AREA, COEUR D'ALENE MINING REGION, SHOSHONE CO., IDAHO: USGS SMI OPEN - FILE REPT., 27 P.

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