Globe Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073364
MRDS ID W019412
Record type Site
Current site name Globe Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Surprize Inc., Yankee Girl Vein
Related records 10169436

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07047, 47.49126 (WGS84)
Elevation 834
Relative position 4 MI SE OF KELLOGG

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 21,22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY BOUNDED ON 3 SIDES BY SUNSHINE MIN. CO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description St. Regis Form.-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) -116.07047, 47.49126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Min. Co.

Comments on development

  • 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUNSHINE AND SILVER SURPRIZE SHARE 50 - 50 ORE FROM YANKEE GIRL VEIN. SILVER SURPRIZE WAS INCORPORATED IN 1940

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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