Crown Point Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, USAi
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Crown Point Mine | Mine |
Shoshone County | County |
Idaho | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 31' 34'' North , 116° 10' 31'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Smelterville | 603 (2017) | 1.9km |
Wardner | 186 (2017) | 3.1km |
Kellogg | 2,069 (2017) | 4.4km |
Pinehurst | 1,580 (2017) | 4.9km |
Osburn | 1,510 (2017) | 13.4km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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North Idaho Mineral Club | Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | 48km |
Mindat Locality ID:
45828
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:45828:2
GUID (UUID V4):
61f6a140-5be6-49bd-ae5f-fb52c4608c5b
Located approximately 1.0 miles (1.6 kilometers) southeast of Smelterville, Idaho in Government Gulch.
Commodities (Major): lead (12,000,001-15,000,000 lbs), silver (500,001-2,000,000 oz), zinc
Development Status: Past producer
Host Rock Unit(s): St. Regis Formation; Burke Formation
Host Rock: Quartzite, Argillite
Ore: Fissure vein
Structure: Osburn Fault Dips 50 Deg S.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Gold Formula: Au |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10073447 |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10120636 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Belt BasinBasin
- Pend Oreille DomainDomain
- West Canadian-Alberta basinBasin
USA
- Idaho
- Coeur d'Alene Mining DistrictMining District
- Yreka Mining DistrictMining District
- Montana
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