Atlas Mine

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120758
MRDS ID W026663
MAS/MILS ID 0160790418
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas Mine
Alternate or previous names Carbonate Hill
Related records 10078368

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.78432, 47.46517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1047
Location accuracy 100(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 35 SESWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.78432, 47.46517

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hunter District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Atlas Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Earth Resources Co (Leasing The Property
    Home office Texas
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4-75 THE ATLAS PROPERTY IS LEASED TO EARTH RESOURCES CO (DA TEXAS). EARTH RESOURCES HAS BEGUN A DRILLING PROGRAM, BUT T EXTENT OF THE PROGRAM IS NOT KNOWN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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