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Silver Buckle Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078389
MRDS ID W026694
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Buckle Prospect
Related records 10266304

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93432, 47.47487 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI W OF WALLACE, S OF SILVERTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N;047N 004E;004E 27,28,34,35,36,02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABUTS THE VULCAN EXTENSION PROPERTY. ALSO IN SEC. 12, T47N, R04E. GIVEN UTM ON SMALL ADITS IN SEC. 35.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lower Wallace Formation
    Rock description Lower Wallace Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93432, 47.47487
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer N. Gardner, P. Huelleman, W. E. Emacio

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Placer Center)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Buckle Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 883.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OLD TUNNELS TO BE REOPENED (700 AND 2200 FT LONG ).

Comments on development

  • 98 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 13 , 1972 ; AUG. 8 , 1975

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 79 AND 120

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM SILVER BUCKLE MINES, INC

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

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

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

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