Stanley Mine

The Stanley Mine is a antimony mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,026 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Stanley Mine

Commodity

Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Mercury

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: Day Mines, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975

Production

Year: 1942
Time Period: 1906-1942
Mined: 1324.000 mt
Material type: CROSBY, 1969 COLO SCH MINES QRTRLY VOL 64 NO 1 P 169-194
Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.3 Oz/Ton Ag, 0.5% Sb

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1906
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Osburn Fault; Complex Folding And Faulting (Nw-Se) Accompanied By Fracturing, Shearing, Jointing

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Length is a 1960 figure

Comment (Development): 15 Patented Claims

Comment (Location): Along Gorge Gulch.

Comment (Production): Crosby (1969) gives total production from 1906-1942 as 1459 (1324 Metric Tons) with an average grade of 0.3 Oz Ag per to 0z Au per ton and 0.5% Pb.

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): USBM, 1975 , Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974 , USBM, Boise, 61 P.

Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 Other V. C. Fryklund, Prof. Paper 445

Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile USBM, 1974 Mining Activity List

Reference (Production): Crosby, G. M., 1969 , Quarterly Of The Colorado Sch. Mines, V. 64 , No. 1 , P. 172

Reference (Deposit): Day Mines, Inc. Annual Report 1970

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