Rock City Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169124
MAS/MILS ID 0160790419
Record type Site
Current site name Rock City Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.14324, 47.85987 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spyglass Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(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 052 N 002 E 13 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.14324, 47.85987

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rock City Mine Inc
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1977

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTS OF THREE PROSPECTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPYGLASS PEAK IDAHO 7.5 MIN USGS TOPO MAP LOCATION

  • Deposit

    PRIUITE INFORMATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-OCT-1990 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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