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St. Elmo Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078415
MRDS ID W026731
Record type Site
Current site name St. Elmo Prospect
Related records 10144494

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.99913, 47.49797 (WGS84)
Elevation 858
Relative position 1 MI S OF OSBURN

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 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORP. AND RAINBOW MIN. & MILL CO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.99913, 47.49797
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Just N Of Polaris Fault. St. Elmo Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Dollar
  • Type Owner
    Owner St. Elmo Silver Mines Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1974 , WORK ON ST. ELMO JUST MAINTAINANCE (A21)

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED, 1 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: LOCATION IMPORTANT TO DEVELOPMENT OF CAMP AND COEUR PROJECTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER DOLLAR OWNS 10.5 % OF ST. ELMO AG MINES CORP.

Reporter information

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

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