Silver King Prospect

Occurrence in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071927
MRDS ID W015703
MAS/MILS ID 0160230003
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Prospect
Alternate or previous names South Creek Nos. 90-91, 103-104

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02167, 43.9063 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 9 MI N OF HOWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howe NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 029E 29 SENWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Approximation

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quartzite
    Rock description Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02167, 43.9063

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 43 DEG N
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.15M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Alteration entry: Oxidation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dome District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wilber Woods
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Yearsley
    Home office Idaho

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Shallow Trenches And Pits

Comments on development

  • 3 Unpatented Claims ; Econ.Com: Green Says Vein Too Narrow To Mine At Profit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Green, W. R., 1966, Silver King Mine: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Unpublished Summary Report Of Mine Examination, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1081-F, 260 P. Ross, C. P., 1933, The Dome Mining District, Butte County, Id: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet No. 39, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 89, P. 164.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-JUN-1992 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.