Silver Bow Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073350
MRDS ID W019394
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bow Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fir Tunnel, Silver Bowl
Related records 10193672

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17043, 47.52097 (WGS84)
Elevation 785
Relative position 1.25 MI W SW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 002E 01,02,11,12 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Form.-Quartzose Argillite, Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Quartzose Argillite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17043, 47.52097

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Bowl Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on development

  • 12 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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