Success Mine

The Success Mine is a zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,740 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Success Mine
Secondary: Granite Mine
Secondary: Alameda Mine
Secondary: American Mine

Commodity

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

Location

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

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Success Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1887
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR MASSES, LENSES, BUNCHES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: BLEACHING

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Feldspathization

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SERICITIC
Alteration Text: Sericite, Chlorite, Epidote; Feldspathization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: IN UPPER WORKINGS, GALENA CARRIED .75 OZ AG/UNIT OF PB. 8 - 10 % ZN, 2 % PB, 1.5 OZ/TON AG IN 1923

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Location): On W Slope of Tiger Peak. On SE Side of E Fk. Ninemile Creek (About 50 Ft. Above Creek).

Comment (Production): Total Production About $800,000 Gross To 1906

Comment (Deposit): Mineral Belt Including Success Mine and American Prospect Is About 6000 Ft Long. Depths Above Expressed In Elevation.

Comment (Geology): Success Ore Is Similar To Ore From Gem and Frisco Mines (See Helena - Frisco)

Comment (Development): 150 - Ton Mill. 23 Patented Claims. 12 Tunnels.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 4-75 Ore Reserves Were First Exhausted In 1890. New Ore Was Discovered In 1904. 5-75 Reference Point Is Portal of Success #3 Adit. 6-75 Crosby (1969) Gives Total Production From 1905-1952 As St (711,222 Metric Tons) With An Average Grade of 1.3 Oz Ag 2.0% Pb and 7.4% Zn.

References

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): Western Mining News, 1974 - 75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington, P. 145 .

Reference (Deposit): Griggs, A. B., 1952 , Geology And Notes On Ore Deposits Of Canyon-Nine Mile Creeks Area, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Open File Rept., 108 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1908 Geolmap Ransome & Calkins, Prof. Paper 62

Reference (Deposit): 1923 Geolmap Umpleby & Jones, Bulletin 732

Reference (Deposit): 1952 Geolmap A. B. Griggs, Open File Rept. { 1964 Other Fryklund, V. C., Prof. Paper 445

Reference (Production): Ransome, F. L., And Calkins, F. C., 1908 , USGS Prof. Paper 62 . Crosby, G. M., 1969 , Quart. Colo. Sch. Mines, V. 64 . Griggs, A. B., 1952 , USGS Open - File Rept., 108 P.

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone Co., Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , 156 P.

Reference (Deposit): Ransome, F. L., And Calkins, F. C., 1908 , The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 62 , 203 P.

Reference (Deposit): Ransome, F. L., 1905 , Ore Deposits Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 260 , P. 274 - 303

Reference (Deposit): Piper, 1925 Ms Thesis Univ Of Idaho

Reference (Deposit): Crosby 1959 Mining Eng V 11 No 7

Reference (Deposit): Crosby 1960 Amer Inst Mining Met And Petroleum Eng Trans V 2

Reference (Deposit): Crosby 1969 Colorado School Mines Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 1, P. 169-194

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917 Economic Geology, V. 12, P. 138-153

Reference (Deposit): Hershey, 1917 Economic Geology, Vol. 12, No. 6, P. 548-558

Reference (Deposit): Shannon, 1926, Us National Museum Bulletin 131, P. 99, 111

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