1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Silver Crystal Mine

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Antimony
Map
XML
JSON
KML
A
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078317
MRDS ID W026591
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Crystal Mine
Alternate or previous names Ione, Beartop, Kiebler Vein, Merger Mines, Orofino
Related records 10232044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.74462, 47.61567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1471
Relative position 6 MI E OF MURRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Pass(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)

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 049N 006E 06,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF RIDGE THAT SEPARATES HEAD OF PARAGON GUL FROM BEAR GUL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 340 FT CROSSCUT ASSAYED 10% ZN, 5.2% PB, AND 0.5 OZ/TON AG
Result 12 FT WIDE VEIN ASSAYED 38.2% PB, 5.3% ZN, 3.7 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Upper Prichard Formation
    Rock description Upper Prichard Formationt

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On E Flank Of Trout Creek Anticline Which Strikes N, Dips Steeply E
Type of structure Local
Structure description Flexures, Brecciation; N-Striking Reverse Faults Parallel Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, BUNCHES, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip S
    Length 152.4M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 54.86M
    Depth to bottom 62.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1900

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silver Crystal Mines Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1969
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^22.5 % Pb, Zn, And Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 23wt-pct
  • Year 1970
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^55 % Pb, 3 Oz Ag, 4 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 55wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Minor Ore Silver Silver 85wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^22.8 % Pb, Zn, And Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 23wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9.82 % Pb, 8.68 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 9wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^ 20 % Pb, Zn, And Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 20wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1964.44M
    Overall depth 335.28M

Comments on development

  • 8 UNPATENTED, 11 PATENTED CLAIMS. RESTORED 2650 FT RAIL AND COMPRESSED AIR PIPELINE. IN 1973 , 6 DDH TOTALED 605 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 124

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 30 , 1972 ; OCT. 31 , 1969 ; FEB. 20 , 1974 ; MAY 22 , 1973 ; MAY 6 , 1971

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P.

  • Deposit

    RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D 'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.

  • Deposit

    5) WALLACE MINER, FEB. 5 , 1976 , P. 1 .

  • Deposit

    6) HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1027 - P, P. 745 - 746

  • Deposit

    1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

  • Production

    WESTERN MIN. NEWS, FEB. 13 , 1976 . WESTERN MINER, FEB. 5 , 1976 , P. 1 . SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 30 , 1972 ; OCT. 31 , 1969 ; SEPT. 23 , 1975 ; FEB. 20 , 1974 ; MAY 6 , 1971 . WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 124 . RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , USGS PROF. PAPER 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEAR TOP VEIN STRIKES N 45 - 65 DEG W, DIPS 60 DEG S TO VERTICAL; IONE VEIN STRIKES N 70 DEG E, DIPS 65 DEG SE; OROFINO VEIN STRIKES N 60 DEG W-N 80 DEG E, DIPS 50 - 60 DEG S
Deposit SILVER CRYSTAL (8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS) LEASED 11 PATENTED ADJOINING CLAIMS FROM MERGER MINES (BEAR TOP PROPERTY) AND DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED FROM THIS COMBINED PROPERTY. BEAR TOP AND OROFINO CONSOLIDATED IN 1911

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site