Silver Strike Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078381
MRDS ID W026683
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names Rako, Cedar Creek Mine
Related records 10144999, 10290739

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.79912, 47.57597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 6 MI OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 049N 005E 22,27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MI UP GRANITE GUL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Monzonite
    Rock description Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lower Prichard Formation
    Rock description Lower Prichard Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.79912, 47.57597

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Trout Creek Anticline Which Strikes N
Type of structure Local
Structure description O'Neill Gul Brecciated Fault Zone 40 Ft Wide About 1000 Ft In From Portal

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 304.8M

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 National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Painted Desert Uranium And Oil Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rako Corp

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AG-PB-ZN ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1920'S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2743.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE NO. 3 TUNNEL WAS REOPENED 4600 FT IN LENGTH ( 1973 )

Comments on development

  • 120 CLAIMS INCLUDING 5 PATENTED CLAIMS AND 1 PATENTED MILL SITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 21 , 1974 , APRIL 22 , 1974 ; JAN. 8 , 1973

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 103 , 110

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BROWN, B. R., DIR., 1975 , FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 72

  • Deposit

    5) HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P. P. 725 - 748

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

  • Production

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 8 , 1973

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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