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Bismark Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Sulfides
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  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 10073346
MRDS ID W019386
Record type Site
Current site name Bismark Prospect
Related records 10241621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.08103, 47.48567 (WGS84)
Elevation 937
Relative position 4 MI S OF OSBURN

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 28,21,29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Sulfides Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CORE ASSAY 15 OZ AG/TON. SPOT ASSAY OF 11 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.08103, 47.48567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Alhambra Fault, Big Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, BLEBS
    Length 152.4M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bismark Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1755.65M
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 MINERALIZED VEINS

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED AND 23 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. BY MID 1971 , SUNSHINE HAD SPENT A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INCLUDING FUNDS ON 15600 FT OF DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 , DIRECTORY OF MINES, IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, 1974 - 1975 : SPOKANE, WESTERN MINING NEWS, 163 P.

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JUNE 10 , 1970 ; SEPT. 13 , 1968 ; MAY 23 , 1968 ; OCT. 5 , 1967 ; APRIL 25 , 1967 ; FEB. 3 , 1967

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOCHEM

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LONG CROSSCUT FROM SUN CON AREA TO DOWNWARD PROJECTION OF VEIN IS 2625 FT (2/3 OF TARGET DISTANCE)

Reporter information

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

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