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Verde May Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078420
MRDS ID W026738
MAS/MILS ID 0160790388
Record type Site
Current site name Verde May Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silver Verde May, Verda May

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87962, 47.49707 (WGS84)
Elevation 956
Relative position 2 MI NE OF WALLACE

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)

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 004E 13, 24 SESESE Idaho
Boise 048N 005E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Adjoining Canyon Silver On the S. In Burke Canyon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description 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) Syenite and related rocks.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Lelande)

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Verde May Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 112.78M

Comments on development

  • 6 Claims; Ddh To 1500 Ft. Ddh Probe From the 800 Ft Level of the Adjoining Canyon Silver Mine. The Claims Are Unpatented.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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