Silver Dollar Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105686
MRDS ID W014149
MAS/MILS ID 0160370358
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dollar Mine
Alternate or previous names Second Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.92704, 44.27708 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 4.5 MI N OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 013E 15 SESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located In the Center of the Flat Saddle Between Kelley Creek and Doran Gulch.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE ASSAYED 0.2 OZ AG/TON, 14.6 % SB
Result 3 CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED NO AU, AG AND 0.02 AND 1.0 % SB

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.92704, 44.27708

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Striking N 65 Deg E.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 65 DEG E
    Dip NW
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Striking N 65 Deg E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer Arthur Mc Gowan
Year of first production 1944

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jess Hutchinson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Consist of A 35 - Ft Shaft and A Small Bulldozer Trench.

Comments on development

  • Stibnite Has Been Found In 3 Places: At the Shaft, In A Small Prospect Pit A Few Hundred Ft South of the Mouth of Doran Gulch, and In A 2 Ft Vein In Kelley Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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