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Silverton Prospect

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078417
MRDS ID W026734
Record type Site
Current site name Silverton Prospect
Related records 10241573

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93412, 47.50017 (WGS84)
Elevation 952
Relative position 1 MI NE OF SILVERTON, 2 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

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 15,22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON REVENUE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM TUNNEL DRILL HOLES ASSAYED 70 OZ/TON AG, 12% PB
Result 220 OZ/TON AG, 32% PB
Result ONE WITH 346 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93412, 47.50017
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 Cleveland Silver Mines
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silverton Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 450.19M
    Overall depth 140.21M

Comments on development

  • 17 CLAIMS. REDRILLING 10 - 20 HOLES AT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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