Silver Dale and Big Hill Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073333
MRDS ID W019371
MAS/MILS ID 0160790562
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dale and Big Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Belt Prospect, Silver Dale Group, Big Hill Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.1039, 47.4825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1147
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4 MI S OF KELLOGG, per Idaho Geological Survey

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(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)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 19,29,30 NENENE (30) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleached

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Revett Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Revett Formation-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) -116.1039, 47.4825

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Cr. Fault Divides Property

Ore body information

  • Length 152.4M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Belt Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 2319.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • Surface workings length included trenches and roads

Comments on development

  • 32 Unpatented Claims. DDH planned

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Western Mining News, 1974 - 1975 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington, P. 118

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, May 23 , 1968 ; April 4 , 1968 ; July 7 , 1967

  • Deposit

    Campbell, 1925, 26th Annual Report of Mining Industry of Idaho for 1924.

  • Deposit

    Kauffman and others, 1999, Coeur d'Alene Basin USFS AML report (Panhandle NF, v. 5D).

  • Deposit

    Kauffman and others, 1999, Coeur d'Alene Basin USFS AML report (Panhandle NF, v. 5A).

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1961, Spokane Quad, Location No. 277

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-75 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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