Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Gold, Copper, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105674
MRDS ID W013867
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine
Related records 10192911

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87733, 43.85269 (WGS84)
Elevation 2353
Relative position 11.25 MI. WSW OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE FLATS JUST SE OF BEAVER CREEK ABOUT 6 ROAD MI. FROM U. S. 93

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Cerargyrite Ore
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE 2 - INCH STRINGER, 200 OZ. AG/TON
Result A SAMPLE OF RICH ORE ASSAYED AT 26% SB
Result 120 OZ. AG/TON
Result BALLARD, 1922, REPORTS THAT SOME ORE WAS REPORTED TO EXCEED 5,000 OZ. AG/TON. A SPECIMEN OF DUMP ORE ASSAYED: TR. AU
Result 7.4 OZ. AG/TON
Result TR. CU
Result 0.2% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87733, 43.85269

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR LENSES
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Viking Exploration - Glenn Davis And Others

Comments on the production information

  • LEADING PRODUCER FOR THE SAWTOOTH DISTRICT, ESTIMATED $700,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • NEW HEAD ERECTED AND SHAFT AND UPPER ADITS BEING CLEANED OUT - 1961.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, R., 1962, SILVER KING MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1914, ORE DEPOSITS IN THE SAWTOOTH QUADRANGLE, BLAINE AND CUSTER COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 580 - K, P. 249.

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ALTURAS QUADRANGLE, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1914 OTHER J. B. UMPLEBY, BULL. 580 - K

  • Deposit

    1922 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Production

    CHOATE, R., 1961, SILVER KING MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references