Silver Syndicate Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073444
MRDS ID W019535
MAS/MILS ID 0160790559
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Syndicate Mine
Alternate or previous names Rambo Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.06853, 47.51017 (WGS84)
Elevation 785
Relative position IN RAMBO AREA. ABOUT 1.5 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 15 SENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Adjacent To Sunshine Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result CORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 11.8 OZ AG AND 2.3 % PB/TON. 8 FT WIDE VIEN ASSAYED 15 OZ AG. ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 69 OZ AG/TON OVER 5 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.06853, 47.51017

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1219.2M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 1463.04M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D' Alene District (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Syndicate, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • Given Is Silver Syndicate'S Share of Sunshine'S Production From Rambo and Snowstorm Areas. Item 3 Refers To Production Share From Rambo ( 50 % ) and Snowstorm ( 12 1/2 % ) Areas. Item 4 Is Rambo Production

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Item 1 Refers To Combined Rambo and Snowstorm Areas Above the 4000 Ft Level In 1968 . Item 2 Refers To Ore Developed Between 4600 and 4800 Levels In 1967 . Item 4 Refers To S. S. Share of the 32305 Tons 1974 Reserves of the Snowstorm and Rambo Areas.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M
    Overall depth 1463.04M

Comments on development

  • Diamond Drilling. 13 Patented, 4 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Considerable Ore Production From Rambo Area Above 4000 Ft Level, 1947 - 1955 . Silver Syndicates Share of Production From Snowstorm Area In 1970 Was 283 Tons From Which 13200 Oz. Ag Was Recovered. Silver Syndicate Is Owned By Sunshine ( 50 % ), Hecla ( 33 % ) and Silver Dollar ( 10 % ).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 21-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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