Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073356
MRDS ID W019400
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Related records 10144744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17293, 47.52347 (WGS84)
Elevation 808
Relative position ABOUT 1.25 MI S OF SMELTERVILLE

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 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION IN SEC 11 UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Slate
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17293, 47.52347

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Osburn Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike E - W
    Dip N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
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.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF PB-AG ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1915. THE MINE MADE 2 SHIPMENTS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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