Page Mine

The Page Mine is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,881 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Page Mine
Secondary: Corrigan Mine
Secondary: Tony Group

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Yreka

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: Asarco, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Years: 1976 -

Owner Name: American Smelting & Refining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Years: 1953 - 1976

Owner Name: Federal Mining & Smelting Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Years: 1924 - 1953

Owner Name: Page Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1906 -

Production

Year: 1983
Time Period: 1916-1969
Mined: 3907550.000 mt
Material type: Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: HYDROTHERMAL VEIN AND REPLACEMENT
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant Subtype: Flotation
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Timbered Stopes - Overhand Square-Set
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1969
Discovery Year: 1887
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Name: Omega Vein
Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Name: 85 Vein
Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Name: Tony Vein
Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Name: Curlew Vein
Form: PINCH AND SWELL

Structure

Type: L
Description: Tony Fault

Type: L
Description: Page Fault

Type: R
Description: Osburn Fault

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gersdorffite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): 90 PATENTED, 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 6573 FT. DIAMOND DRILLING BY 1966

Comment (Deposit): PAGE - GALENA MINERAL BELT IS ABOUT 67000 FT LONG. THE TONY VEIN, REFERRED TO ABOVE, IS A VERTICALLY ZONED ORE SHOOT. THE CURLEW VEIN STRIKES S 85 DEG W, DIPS 50 DEG S, IS 500 FT. LONG.

Comment (Workings): LENGTH WORKINGS IS 1966 FIGURE

Comment (Commodity): ABNORMAL RADIOACTIVITY

Comment (Orebody): Most ore mined from Tony veins, a sigle orebody. Curlew vein had four short orebodies up to 61 meters long. No significant ore found on 85 and Omega veins.

Comment (Production): Production data from Mitchell and Bennett (1983) who used US Bureau of Mines production data, except for data on grades which are from Asarco, Inc. annual reports.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reported in memorandum from R.L. Meyer to H.F. Cougher, March 30, 1981, Bunker Hill Co., 2 p. [Univeristy of Idaho, Special Collections, Bunker Hill Files]

Comment (Deposit): MINE CLOSED PERMANENTLY SEPT. 30 , 1969

References

Reference (Deposit): Kesten, S.N., 1963, American Smelting and Refining Co. operations; Geology of the Page and Galena mines, in The Coeur d'Alene mining district in 1963: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 133, p. 95-98.

Reference (Deposit): Timken, H.W., 1936, Geology and ore deposits of Page mine, Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, University of Idaho, B.S. Thesis.

Reference (Production): Mitchell, V.E., and Bennett, E.H., 1983, Production statistics for the Coeur d'Alene mining district, Shoshone County, Idaho, 1884-1980: Idaho Geological Survey Technical Report 83-3, 33 p.

Reference (Deposit): WEIS, P. L., ARMSTRONG, F. C., AND ROSENBLUM, S., 1958 , RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952 - 1955: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1074 - B, 48 P.

Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 445, 103 P.

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