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Coeur d Alene - Sunshine, Lucky Friday, Galena, Kellog, Bunker Hill, Hecla, Hercules, Morning Star
Idaho, USA
Main commodities: Pb Zn Ag Cu




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2010.     Record last updated: 28/12/2012
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Beaudoin G  1997 - Proterozoic Pb isotope evolution in the Belt-Purcell Basin: constraints from syngenetic and epigenetic Sulfide deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v92 pp 343-350
Bennett E H, Venkatakrishnan R  1982 - A palinspastic reconstruction of the Coeur d Alene Mining District based on ore deposits and structural data: in    Econ. Geol.   v77 pp 1851-1866
Eaton G F, Criss R E, Fleck R J, Bond W D, Cleland R W, Wavra C S  1995 - Oxygen, Carbon, and Strontium isotope geochemistry of the Sunshine Mine, Coeur d Alene Mining District, Idaho: in    Econ. Geol.   v 90 pp 2274-2286
Fleck R J, Criss R E, Eaton G F, Cleland R W, Wavra C S, Bond W D  2002 - Age and origin of base and precious metal veins of the Coeur d Alene Mining District, Idaho: in    Econ. Geol.   v97 pp 23-42
Harris R H, Lange I M, Krouse H R  1981 - Major element and sulfur isotopic variations in the Lower Chester vein, Sunshine Mine, Idaho: in    Econ. Geol.   v76 pp 706-715
Hobbs S W, Frykland Jr V C  1968 - The Coeur d Alene district, Idaho: in   Ore Deposits of the United States Amer. Inst. of Min. Eng., the Graton Sales volumes   v2 pp 1417-1435
Mauk J L, White B G,  2004 - Stratigraphy of the Proterozoic Revett Formation and Its Control on Ag-Pb-Zn Vein Mineralization in the Coeur d Alene District, Idaho: in    Econ. Geol.   v99 pp 295-312
Ramos F C and Rosenberg P E,  2012 - Age and Origin Of Quartz-Carbonate Veins Associated with the Coeur D’alene Mining District, Idaho and Western Montana: Insights from Isotopes and Rare-Earth Elements: in    Econ. Geol.   v.107 pp. 1321-1339
Reid R R, Wavra C S, Bond W D  1995 - Constriction fracture flow: a mechanism for fault and vein formation in the Coeur d Alene district, Idaho: in    Econ. Geol.   v90 pp 81-87
Sack R O, Fredericks R, Hardy L S and Ebel D S  2005 - Origin of high-Ag fahlores from the Galena Mine, Wallace, Idaho, U.S.A. : in    American Mineralogist   v90 pp 1000-1007
Ventakatrishnan, Bennett E H  1998 - Structural controls of the Coeur d Alene ore veins, Shoshone County, Idaho: in Kisvarsanyi G, Grant S K  North American Conference on Tectonic Control of Ore deposits and the Vertical and Horizontal Extent of Ore Systems Proceedings Volume, Univ. Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri    pp 125-133
Wavra C S, Bond W D, Reid R R  1994 - Evidence from the Sunshine Mine for dip-slip movement during Coeur d Alene district mineralization: in    Econ. Geol.   v 89 pp 515-527
White B G  1998 - New tricks for an old elephant: Revising concepts of Coeur d Alene geology: in    Soc for Min., Met., & Explor. Inc., SME, Littleton Colorado   preprint 98-87 10p


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