New Hilarity Group

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073429
MRDS ID W019507
Record type Site
Current site name New Hilarity Group
Alternate or previous names Hilarity Group, Signal Silver Gold, Epic Ag
Related records 10144993

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.20436, 47.47265 (WGS84)
Elevation 818
Relative position 5 MI SW FROM KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Masonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(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 27,28,33,34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • A MI FROM MOUTH OF DENVER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.20436, 47.47265

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

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 (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Signal Silver Gold Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Hilarity Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 198.12M

Comments on development

  • 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE 165 CLAIMS OF EPIC SILVER PROJECT INCLUDE THOSE OF LOOKOUT MTN. MIN. AND MILLING CO., SPOKANE NAT'L MIN. INC., NEW ERA MINES, INC., AND SIGNAL SILVER GOLD INC. ; ECON.COM: LOW GRADE ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710 , 36 P.

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 30 , 1968 ; NOV. 21 , 1968 ; FEB. 5 , 1969

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, 96 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 71

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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