Silver Tip

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010499
MRDS ID D004196
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Tip
Related records 10169378

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84242, 47.56517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1714
Relative position 8.5 MI NE OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 005E 29 SE OF NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.84242, 47.56517

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N73W, N78W
    Dip 85S, SOUTH
    Length 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND 1964 USGS PROF PAPER 445 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM BUREAU OF MINES

  • Deposit

    HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO, USGS BULL 1027.P, PL. 57.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZINC DOMINATE VEINS WITH PYRRHOTITE, CLOSE TO NORTH GEM STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references