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Placer Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096473
MRDS ID W026728
Record type Site
Current site name Placer Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silver Plate, Silver Nest, Horn, Just Right and Mark Groups
Related records 10193706

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.89492, 47.43177 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 3 MI S OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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 047N;047N 004E;005E 04,09,10,11,12,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PIONEER MINES TO THE S, EVOLUTION TO THE W, DAY AND SILVER BUCKLE TO THE N, FLOJODO TO THE E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.89492, 47.43177
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Creek Fault To North And Big Creek Fault Near, Or On, The Property.

Ore body information

  • Width 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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 Owner
    Owner Placer Creek Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 108 CLAIMS (UNPATENTED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 107

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, FEB. 20 , 1968 ; MAY 11 , 1972

Reporter information

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

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