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Shoshone Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078383
MRDS ID W026686
Record type Site
Current site name Shoshone Mine
Related records 10193922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91991, 47.47431 (WGS84)
Elevation 876
Relative position 0.5 MI N 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 004E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON NINEMILE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91991, 47.47431
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene (Placer Center) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sierra Silver Lead Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 105.16M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD ADIT

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, AUG. 11 , 1972 ; MAR. 3 , 1970

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, 116 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1976 - 77 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES), MONTANA, AND WASHINGTON, P. 75

Reporter information

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

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