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Silverado Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Titanium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073358
MRDS ID W019402
Record type Site
Current site name Silverado Mine
Related records 10266341

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.04273, 47.51157 (WGS84)
Elevation 785
Relative position LESS THAN 1 MI W OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(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 003E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E OF THE POLARIS; .5 MI W OF THE EVOLUTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation-Quartzite, Argillite, Some Calcareous
    Rock description Wallace Formation-Quartzite, Argillite, Some Calcareous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.04273, 47.51157
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike NW
    Dip S

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 Owner
    Owner Cameron ?

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1919 RAN 6 OZ/TON AG, 0.35% CU, AND 2.6% PB.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1280.16M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 30 , 1968

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 73

  • Production

    GERRY, C. N., 1921 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1919 , PT. 1 : USGS, P. 477

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.

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