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Silver King Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071545
MRDS ID W014994
MAS/MILS ID 0160490233
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66737, 45.26597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position .75 MI NE OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 12 C N2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66737, 45.26597
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 67 DEG E
    Dip S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 396.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sigo Myers Estate

Comments on the production information

  • $35000

Comments on the workings information

  • Tunnels, Crosscuts - Now Inaccessible

Comments on development

  • Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 4

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAR-1995 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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