Metropolitan Mine

The Metropolitan Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,756 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

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Site Name

Primary: Metropolitan Mine
Secondary: Destroyer Property ? Western Star
Secondary: Wolfson

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution, Yreka)

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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Metropolitan Mines Corp.

Owner Name: Sunshine Min. Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): MINE IS IN PAGE - GALENA MINERAL BELT

Comment (Location): S. OF SUNSHINE MINE. BETWEEN NATIONAL AG - PB AND BISMARCK MIN. CO. AT CREEK LEVEL.

Comment (Development): 65 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN WESTERN STAR GROUP)

References

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

Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 478

Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 28 , 1972 ; MAY 6 , 1968 ; NOV. 9 , 1967

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): BELL, R. N., 1921 , 22ND ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1920 , P. 116

Reference (Deposit): 1921 COMPILE 22ND ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1920

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