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USGS S. Warren Hobbs Coeur d'Alene Map Collection

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Catalog Last Checked: August 01, 2026 at 03:14 AM | Dataset Last Updated: November 17, 2023 at 12:00 AM
History: This collection of geologic, mine, and related maps was compiled and used by S. Warren Hobbs for his research on the Coeur d'alene Mining District, Idaho - Professional Paper 478 (1965). The Coeur d'Alene Study: General geology of the Coeur d'Alene district, one of the larger lead-, zinc-, and silver-producing areas of the world, is presented. The geology was remapped at a scale of 1:24,000 and compiled on five maps from west to east as follows: Smelterville, Kellogg, Wallace, Mullan, and Pottsville. Bedrock, primarily the Precambrian Belt Series which forms the host rock for the ore, is a thick conformable geosynclinal group of fine-grained clastics. Igneous rocks are principally two groups of small monzonitic intrusives and other dikes. Structurally the district is located at the intersection of a major anticlinal arch in the geosynclinal sediments with a major zone of weakness, the Lewis and Clark line; faults are the dominant structural feature. Mineral deposits formed near satellite intrusions of larger igneous bodies intruded during the Mesozoic within a structural knot of highly fractured rocks.

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