Silver Shaft

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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 10242176
MAS/MILS ID 0160790366
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.78712, 47.47267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048 N 005 E 33 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE EAST OF MULLAN, IDAHO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.78712, 47.47267

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. S. Redpath
    ID 1001450
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED JUNE 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/18/1980
MSHA mine ID1001450
Mine name (MSHA)Silver Shaft
Current operatorJ S Redpath Corp
Current controller (parent)Deilmann-Haniel
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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