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Hardscrabble Claim Group

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10078371
MRDS ID W026669
Record type Site
Current site name Hardscrabble Claim Group
Related records 10290339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97773, 47.53067 (WGS84)
Elevation 930
Relative position 2 MI NE OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(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)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 004E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG TWOMILE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97773, 47.53067
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 57 DEG S
    Length 609.6M
    Width 0.3M

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 (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Sierra Silver Lead Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 14.94M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS AND A 49-FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED, 1 PATENTED CLAIMS. ONE DIAMOND DRILL HOLE TO 613 FT. 8000 FT OF ROAD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 2, 1973; MAY 2, 1973; FEB. 12, 1969; FEB. 14, 1968; FEB. 15, 1967; FEB. 24, 1967

  • Deposit

    1969 GEOLMAP BUNKER HILL

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOCHEM SIERRA SILVER LEAD MIN CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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