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Silver Butte Mine

Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069955
MRDS ID W007760
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Hill, Catharine, Brown Bear Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50967, 48.15375 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 8.25 MI SE OF SANDPOINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sagle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056N 002W 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. OF TALACHE SILVER MINE; ON W. SIDE OF PEND OREILLE LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 4 1/2 FT VEIN CARRIED .2 OZ AU, 6.6 OZ. AG; OVER 5 FT WIDTH, 150 FT AVERAGED 10.2 OZ. AG, 4.6% PB

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized, Bleached, Sericite

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED 356.6 OZ. AG, .03 OZ. AU, 2.9% PB, 1.9% ZN, 2% CU, AND 1.81% SB/TON. MOST ASSAYS BETWEEN 146 AND 395 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation-Quartzite, Argillite, Siltite
    Rock description St. Regis Formation-Quartzite, Argillite, Siltite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50967, 48.15375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.68M
    Depth to top 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Discoverer J. Peterson, G. Hines

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. And C Goldsilver, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Butte Mining Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Material AG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18.7 Oz/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 528g/mt
  • Year 1967
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^298 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 8414g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • D2 FROM SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, IDAHO BUR. MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. NO. 6

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 288.95M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND 200 ACRES OF STATE LAND UNDER LEASE, FROM IRON MASK MIN CO. 3000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING PLANNED. COMINCO AMERICAN, INC. PUT DOWN 1525 METERS DDH 1969 - 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MIN. NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 121.

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 8, 1971; OCT. 14, 1970; DEC. 31, 1969; OCT. 17, 1968; JULY 1968; JAN. 25, 1968; JAN. 20, 1972

  • Deposit

    SANDPOINT NEWS BULLETIN, OCT. 1968.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER CO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY RPT., NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    5) GREEN, W.R., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    6) MINING RECORD, AUG. 4 , 1976

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

  • Deposit

    1969 DIREXPL COMINCO AMERICAN

  • Deposit

    1973 DIREXPL F & C GOLD CORP.

  • Production

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, AUG. 23, 1967. SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. CO. REPT. NO. 6, 131 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LITTLE JOE VEIN
Deposit JACK PETERSON LOCATED CATHARINE GROUP IN 1906 AND GEORGE HINES LOCATED BROWN BEAR CLAIMS. SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS WORTH ORE MINED FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY YEARS AGO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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