Potosi Mine

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Quartz, Silver, Zinc

Sections on this page

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
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10168843
MRDS ID	W026605
MAS/MILS ID	0160790231
Record type	Site
Current site name	Potosi Mine
Related records	10078325, 10192572

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-115.89662, 47.59907 (WGS84)
Elevation	853
Location accuracy	1000(meters)

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	049 N	004 E	11	NWSW	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Tertiary
Lead	Primary
Quartz	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-115.89662, 47.59907	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface-Underground
Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Both
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Land status

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

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Hamilton, W. G.

Home office 3743 W. Olypmic, Spokane, Wa

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Hamilton, W. G.
Home office	3743 W. Olypmic, Spokane, Wa

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160790231
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W026605	MAS references MRDS
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	WL_118	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ON POTOSI CREEK

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	23-NOV-1983	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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