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Crescent Mine, Evolution Mining District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 30' 18'' North , 116° 4' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
47.50521,-116.07418
GeoHash:
G#: c2mqq8j3g
GRN:
N32W58
Type:
Mine
KΓΆppen climate type:
Dsb : Warm, dry-summer continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Wardner186 (2017)4.9km
Kellogg2,069 (2017)5.0km
Osburn1,510 (2017)5.6km
Smelterville603 (2017)9.1km
Wallace761 (2017)11.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
45743
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:45743:2
GUID (UUID V4):
1d33ad70-0c9b-49d1-a5d2-0af163920701
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Hooper Tunnel


Located approximately 2.0 miles (3.2 kilometers) up Big Creek from its confluence with the South Fork of the Coeur d' Alene River (3.2 miles (5.2 kilometers ) east of Kellogg, Idaho.
Structure: Osburn Fault Alhambra Fault is a 15 to 18 meter wide fracture zone with 0.3 to 1.2 meters of fault gouge in the footwall. The fault is steeply reverse and right lateral, strikes N50-80W, dips 55 to 65SW with St. Regis-Revett Formation quartzite in the hanging wall and Wallace Formation quartzite in the footwall. Big Creek Anticline (WNW) - deposit within the overturned north limb. Big Creek Fault Silver Syndicate Fault.
Alteration: A rich oxide zone in the upper part of the vein, 137 meters long and 0.9 meters wide, was mined to 91 meters depth Veins are surrounded by halos of disseminated minerals in the wall-rock, from the vein outward, these are zones of disseminated arsenopyrite, sericite, pyrite, and carbonate. The carbonate halo begins at 24 meters and extends out to 46 to 61 meters. Tectonics: Belt Basin
Commodity: Pitchblende or uraninite was found in small concentrations in two places within the hanging-wall of the Alhambra fault in St. Regis Formation quartzite filling fractures that cut iron oxide zones 0.3 to 0.6 meters thick. The fracture filling consists of the uranium mineral, sericite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, tetrahedrite, calcite, and quartz.
Deposit type: Polymetallic veins
Rock formation(s): Wallace Formation; St. Regis Formation; Revett Formation
Ore(s): All ore within or in structures associated with the Alhambra Fault. All commercial ore-bodies hosted by quartzite, mostly within the St. Regis-Revett transition zone.

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17 valid minerals.

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β“˜ 'Argentite'
Formula: Ag2S
β“˜ Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
β“˜ Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
β“˜ Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
β“˜ Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
β“˜ Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
β“˜ Chlorargyrite
Formula: AgCl
β“˜ Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
β“˜ Galena
Formula: PbS
β“˜ Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
β“˜ Proustite
Formula: Ag3AsS3
β“˜ Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
β“˜ Quartz
Formula: SiO2
β“˜ Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
β“˜ Silver
Formula: Ag
β“˜ Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
β“˜ Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
β“˜ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
β“˜ Uraninite
Formula: UO2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
β“˜Silver1.AA.05Ag
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
β“˜Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
β“˜'Argentite'2.BA.52Ag2S
β“˜Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
β“˜Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
β“˜Galena2.CD.10PbS
β“˜Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
β“˜Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
β“˜Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
β“˜Proustite2.GA.05Ag3AsS3
β“˜'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Group 3 - Halides
β“˜Chlorargyrite3.AA.15AgCl
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
β“˜Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
β“˜Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
β“˜Uraninite4.DL.05UO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
β“˜Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
β“˜Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
β“˜Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
β“˜Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

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References

Armstrong F.C., 1964, Uranium-Mineral and Water Resources of Idaho, IGS Special Report, IBMG SR-1.
MINOBRAS, 1977, Uranium deposits of the northern U.S. region.
idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu (n.d.) https://idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu/webmap/WebData/Mines.asp?Operation=Details&IDs=SP0229
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, (1953), Preliminary reconnaissance report Yreka district - Crescent Mine, Hooper Tunnel, Big Creek No. 4 Tunnel,
Armstrong F.C., (1953), Northwest district-Search for and geology of radioactive deposits, semiannual progress report December 1, 1952 to May 31, 1953, Trace elements investigations, USGS TEI-330.
Armstong F.C., Weis P.L., (1954), Uranium occurrence at the Crescent Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho, Trace elements memorandum, USGS TEM-860.
Cook, E.F., (1955), Prospecting for uranium, thorium, and tungsten in Idaho: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology Pamphlet 102, 53 p.
Weis, P.L., Armstrong, F.C., and Rosenblum, S., (1958), Reconnaissance for radioactive minerals in Washington, Idaho, and Western Montana, 1952-55: US Geological Survey Bulletin 1074-B, 48 p.
Fryklund, V.C., Jr., (1964), Ore deposits of the Coeur d'Alene district, Shohsone County, Idaho: US Geological Survey Professional Paper 445, 103 p.
Hobbs, S.W., Griggs, A.B., Wallace, R.E., Campbell, A.B, (1965), Geology of the Coeur d' Alene District Shoshone County Idaho, USGS Professional Paper 478.
Radford, Norman A., (1973), Geology of the Crescent mine and its relationships to the Coeur d'Alene silver belt: Osburn, Idaho, The Bunker Hill Co., 13 p.
Dahl, Mary Kathleen, (1981), Structural and stratigraphic control of ore through the Crescent, Sunshine, Silver Summit, Coeur and Galena mines, Coeur d'AleneDahl, Mary Kathleen, (1981), Structural and stratigraphic control of ore through the Crescent, Sunshine, Silver Summit, Coeur and Galena mines, Coeur d'Alene mining district, Idaho: Moscow, Univeristy of Idaho, MS thesis, 97 p.
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