Hornsilver Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078373
MRDS ID W026671
Record type Site
Current site name Hornsilver Mine
Alternate or previous names Castle Rock Prospect, Smart Aleck Prospect
Related records 10231603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.94042, 47.44707 (WGS84)
Elevation 976
Relative position 1 MI S OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 004E 02,03,10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • GIVEN UTM IS FOR CASTLE ROCK ON S SIDE OF PLACER CK.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena 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 Revett Formation
    Rock description Revett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.94042, 47.44707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG S
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Day Mines; Castle Rock Min. Co

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 IS SELECTED ORE, YEAR UNKNOWN (PRE-1923)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 172.21M

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIVEN STRIKE ON CASTLE ROCK VEIN; HORNSILVER VEIN STRIKES N 60 DEG W, DIPS 75 DEG S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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