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Silverore - Inspiration Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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 10078416
MRDS ID W026733
Record type Site
Current site name Silverore - Inspiration Mine
Related records 10120440

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.96243, 47.51597 (WGS84)
Elevation 932
Relative position 2 MI NE OF OSBURN; 3.5 MI NW OF WALLACE

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 09,10,16,03,04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W OF DAYROCK PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.96243, 47.51597
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silverore Mines, Inc.; Inspiration Lead Co., Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2910.84M

Comments on development

  • 10 PATENTED, 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 2000 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING ON SILVERORE PROPERTY; 34 CLAIMS, 3750 FT ROAD BUILDING, 1.5 MI TRENCHING ON INSPIRATION PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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