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Benton Mine

Past Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Antimony, Mercury, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078396
MRDS ID W026703
Record type Site
Current site name Benton Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Dollar Mining Co. Mine
Related records 10120918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.80772, 47.52767 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position .5 MI NE OF BURKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burke(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 005E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG GORGE GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.80772, 47.52767
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciated; Gouge

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Depth to top 457.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Lelande)

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Dollar Min. Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Benton Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION SOME YEARS AGO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 TUNNELS. NO WORK IN 1974

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING TO 1492 FT. 5 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENTON INCORP. IN 1903

Reporter information

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

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