Monitor Mine

The Monitor Mine is a copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,640 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Monitor Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 5,640 Feet (1,719 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 47.35194, -115.57333

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Monitor Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Monitor Mine
Secondary: Montana - Idaho Mine


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver


Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: St. Joe 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: Montana Idaho Copper Co.


Production

Year: 1905
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^18 % Cu


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1905
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

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATED ADJACENT TO AND ON THE IDAHO SIDE OF STATE LINE

Comment (Deposit): MONITOR VEIN HIT 3865 FT FROM PORTAL


References

Reference (Deposit): 1911 OTHER J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 470

Reference (Deposit): 1914 OTHER CALKINS AND JONES, BULL. 540 { 1925 COMPILE C. N. GERRY, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U. S., 1922

Reference (Deposit): 1928 COMPILE US BUR MINES, MINERAL RESOURCES OF U. S., 1925

Reference (Production): CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211 . BELL, R. N., 1906 , 7TH ANN. REPT. OF IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1905 , P. 129

Reference (Deposit): KATZ, F. J., 1928 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 , PT. I - METALS: USBM, P. 539 - 550

Reference (Deposit): GERRY, C. N., 1925 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC IN IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 242

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61 .

Reference (Deposit): 5) COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139 .

Reference (Deposit): 6) GERRY, C. N., 1920 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1918 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 492

Reference (Deposit): 1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285


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