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Silver Dollar Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073351
MRDS ID W019395
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dollar Mine
Alternate or previous names Chester Vein, Stratton Silver Summit, Hayden Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.04933, 47.50127 (WGS84)
Elevation 767
Relative position SW CORNER OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Spokane(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 048N 003E 14,22,23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE IS IN THE PAGE - GALENA MINERAL BELT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation-Calc. Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Wallace Formation-Calc. Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.04933, 47.50127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 57 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine And Hecla
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Dollar Min. Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Material SB
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^33.21 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 938g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION HAS COME FROM SMALL SCATTERED STOPES. GIVEN IS SILVER DOLLAR'S SHARE ( 9.61 % ) OF SUNSHINE MINE PRODUCTION ( SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 7 , 1974 , MAY 1 , 1974 ). ALSO 57800 LBS SB IN 1973 . THE 1969 SHARE WAS 792400 OZ. AG AND 176843 LBS SB ( SPOKANE CHRONICLE MAY 14 , 1970 ). THE 1968 SHARE IS GIVEN IN ITEM 6 . ITEM 7 GIVES THE 1967 SHARE OF PRODUCTION FROM THE UNIT AREA OF SUNSHINE MINE. SILVER DOLLAR'S SHARE OF UNIT AREA 1974 PRODUCTION WAS 13948 TONS OF ORE AND 354000 OZ AG, 90,600 LBS. SB, AND 135,000 LBS CU.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GIVEN IS SILVER DOLLAR'S 9.61 % OF UNIT AREA OF SUNSHINE MINE; H6 INCLUDES 12700 TONS IN THE "X" AND "Y" AREAS OF THE SUNSHINE MINE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 2133.6M

Comments on development

  • 38 PATENTED CLAIMS. PREDECESSOR STRATTON SILVER SUMMIT ORGANIZED ABOUT 1929

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER DOLLAR OWNS 9.61 % IN UNIT AREA PRODUCTION OF SUNSHINE MINE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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