Carlisle Mine

The Carlisle Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,310 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: Carlisle Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 3,310 Feet (1,009 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 47.56222, -115.88111

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Carlisle Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Carlisle Mine
Secondary: Ray Jefferson Mine


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver


Location

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


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

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Day Mines


Production

Year: 1967
Time Period: Thru 1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.5 Oz Ag/Ton, 1.6 % Pb, 5.1 % Zn


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1885
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: Mineralized Belt Cuts Strike Of Beds In W Flank Of Burke Anticline At 90 Deg


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: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Ankerite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPTHS TO TOP, BOTTOM, EXPRESSED IN ELEVATION. IN THE CARLISLE - HERCULES MINERAL BELT


References

Reference (Production): CROSBY, G. M., 1969 , QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCH. MINES, V. 64 , NO. 1 , P. 173

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): GRIGGS, A. B., 1952 , GEOLOGY AND NOTES ON ORE DEPOSITS IN CANYON - NINE MILE CREEKS AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 108 P.

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 478

Reference (Deposit): 1952 GEOLMAP A. B. GRIGGS, OPEN-FILE REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445


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