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Capital Silver Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10096472
MRDS ID W026708
Record type Site
Current site name Capital Silver Prospect
Related records 10193420, 10217965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97293, 47.55677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 5 MI N OF OSBURN

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)

Upper 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 049N 004E 27,28,29,30,31,32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NINE CORP ON E, INSPIRATION AND APEX ON THE S, SILVER CRESCENT ON W, AND HIGHLANDS AURORA ON N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piegan Group.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Carpenter Fault; Claims Lie Within Graben

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Contact Between St. Regis And Revett Formations

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 (Evolution, Beaver)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Capital Silver Mines Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1158.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH WORKINGS A 1955 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 204 CLAIMS, UNPATENTED. PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO T 49 N, R 4 E, SECS 33 , 34 ; AND T 48 N, R 4 E, SECS 3 , 4 , 10

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAPITOL SILVER WAS FORMED IN 1967 TO DEVELOP THE 207 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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