Pandora Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078434
MRDS ID W026760
Record type Site
Current site name Pandora Prospect
Alternate or previous names Silver Mountain Lead
Related records 10241909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70962, 47.47567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1181
Relative position 4 MI E OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(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

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 006E 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON LITTLE NORTH FORK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation
    Rock description St. Regis 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) -115.70962, 47.47567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 75 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hecla, Bunker Hill (Each 37.5 %) ?
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Mountain Lead Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 640.08M

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 95 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 24 PATENTED CLAIMS IN WHOLE SILVER MOUNTAIN PROPERTY. HECLA AND BUNKER HILL EACH OWN 37 1/2 % OF SILVER MOUNTAIN PROPERTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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