Silver Rock Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078385
MRDS ID W026690
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Rock Prospect
Related records 10290841

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98433, 47.52677 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
Relative position 1 MI NE OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(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 004E 05,06,07,08,17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE TWO MILE AREA; CLAIMS ADJOIN ROYAL APEX TO THE N AND RAMONA SILVER TO THE W.

Commodities

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98433, 47.52677

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 National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Rock Min. Co., Inc.

Comments on development

  • 25 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. DIAMOND DRILLING IN 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, FEB. 22 , 1974

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 3 , 1972 ; AUG. 20 , 1968

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974-1975, DIRECTORY OF MINES

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL SILVER ROCK MIN. CO

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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