Silver Strike Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mineral rights holdings
Ownership information
Links to other databases
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10144999
MRDS ID	W026683
MAS/MILS ID	0160790204
Record type	Site
Current site name	Silver Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names	Cedar Creek
Related records	10290739, 10078381

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates:	-115.79912, 47.57597 (WGS84)
Elevation	1220
Location accuracy	5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(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	049 N	005 E	22		Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Tertiary
Gold	Tertiary
Lead	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1)	-115.79912, 47.57597	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Ownership information

Type Unknown

Owner Rako Corp.

Interest 100

Home office Iowa

Year 1975

Type	Unknown
Owner	Rako Corp.
Interest	100
Home office	Iowa
Year	1975

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160790204
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W026683	MAS references MRDS
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	WL_137	http://www.idahogeology.org/

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	4-75 PROPERTY LEASED TO PAINTED DESERT URANIUM AND OIL CO I AT THAT TIME THEY WERE OPENING AN OLD TUNNEL AND PLANNED EXP DEVELOPMENT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	14-MAR-1995	Kauffman, John D.	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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