Silverstone Mine

Occurrence in Lake county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094771
MRDS ID DC08372
Record type Site
Current site name Silverstone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34931, 47.85655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1201
Relative position APPROX. 1.5 MILES N OF ELMO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elmo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flathead Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 024N;024N 021W;022W 07;12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE. NEAR CHIEF CLIFF MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34931, 47.85655

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elmo District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silverstone Mining Co.
    Home office Kalispell, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 39.62M

Comments on development

  • 800 PATENTED ACRES. HOIST, COMPRESSOR, MACHINE DRILLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GILBERT, F. C., 1935 , DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 15 , P. 35 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-24-1963

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.