Burke Property Prospect

The Burke Property Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,761 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.

Mine Info

Name: Burke Property Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 5,761 Feet (1,756 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 47.5217, -115.71530

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Burke Property Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Burke Property Prospect
Secondary: Eastern Star
Secondary: Blue Ribbon
Secondary: Little Butte
Secondary: Cda Temple
Secondary: Arlington


Commodity

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


Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Leland)


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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Burke Mining Co.; Eastern Star Min. Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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 - Coeur D'Alene Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Imperial, Humboldt, And Champion Fault Systems


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): IN VIEW OF DISTANCE OF DEPOSITS FROM POSSIBLE PORTS OF SHIPMENT, SURIMAM GEOLOGICAL AND MINING SERVICE BELIEVES THE EXISTENCE OF LARGE RESOURCES (OF THE ORDER OF 150-200 MILLION TONS) WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVED BEFORE ANY LARGE PROJECT COULD BE EMBARKED UPON, EVEN ONE YIELDING AN ANNUAL ORE PRODUCTION OF 5 MILLION TONS. SUCH A TONNAGE ADDED TO GROWING EXPORTS OF BAUXITE AND ALUMINA WOULD JUSTIFY IMPROVING PORT FACILITIES TO ACCOMMODATE LARGE VESSELS.

Comment (Geology): TWO SMALL OUTCROPS OF METASEDIMENTS (ITABIRITES, QUARTZITES & SILICEOUS MICA SCHISTS AT TOP OF TAPAJE SERIES); ITABIRITES OCCUR ON TOP OF HILL WHERE THEY ARE COVERED BY HIGHLY FERRUGINOUS LATERITES (CANGA). EXTENSIVE GRANITE AREAS BORDER OUTCROPS.

Comment (Location): NE OF THE DAY PROPERTIES. ADJOINS IDAHO-MONTANA SILVER, INC. PROPERTY ON THE S. PROPERTY PARALLELS IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER

Comment (Development): 202 CLAIMS (UNPATENTED) ( 84 CLAIMS FROM THE EASTERN STAR ). PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO T 48 N, R 6 E, SECS 5 , 20 ; T 48 N, R 5 E, SECS 1 , 2 , 12 , 13 ; T 49 N, R 5 E, SECS 35 , 36

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY INCLUDES ARLINGTON AND DILLON, PART OF THE EASTERN STAR MIN. CO., LOCATED 5 MI NE OF BURKE; PROPERTY ALSO INCLUDES TEMPLE GROUP ( 5 PATENTED CLAIMS ) IN WHICH CALLAHAN CONSOLIDATED HAS 5 % INTEREST.

Comment (Commodity): CANGA LAYER IS OFTEN HIGHLY FERRUGINOUS AND LOW IN IMPURITIES. WHERE AVERAGE FE CONTENT IS 61 PERCENT, SILICA AND ALUMINA ACCOUNT TOGETHER FOR 5 TO 6 PERCENT, TIO2 FOR 0.3 PERCENT, PHOSPHORUS FOR 0.12 PERCENT, SULPHUR FOR 0.05 PERCENT, AND MANGANESE FOR 0.11 PERCENT.


References

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 23

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 5 , 1971 ; MAR. 5 , 1968 ; SEPT. 29 , 1967 ; AUG. 15 , 1967 ; MAY 21 , 1975

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


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