Shoshone Silver Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093744
MRDS ID W026732
Record type Site
Current site name Shoshone Silver Prospect
Related records 10169449

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.76658, 47.41404 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3.5 MI S OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(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 047N 005E 13,14,15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • UNCERTAIN LOCATION; PLOTTED ON PATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver 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) -115.76658, 47.41404

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Creek Fault

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shoshone Silver Min. Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE BASED ON KRIEGED DATA FOR 220 DRILL HOLES IN SANCHEZ AND OTHERS (1991).

Comments on development

  • BEGINNING IN 1959 SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION WAS UNDERTAKEN BY MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES
  • 74 UNPATENTED, 5 PATENTED CLAIMS. 4 ANOMALOUS AREAS UNCOVERED IN 600 FT OF DOZING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 114

  • Deposit

    BROWN, B. R., DIR., 1975 , FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 73

  • Deposit

    KINGHORN AND FICA, 1979, FINAL ANNUAL REPORT, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES

  • Deposit

    1972 DIREXPL SHOSHONE SILVE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SIZE OF THE WHOLE QUADRILATERAL (REF. F1) IS 262 SQ. KM. WHILE THE ABOVE LENGTH & WIDTH ARE THOSE OF THE ORE-BEARING AREAS (REF. F2).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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