Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089463
MRDS ID W026719
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect
Alternate or previous names Uranium Mines, Inc.
Related records 10144476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.62241, 47.47707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1305
Relative position 4 MI E OF MULLAN AND INTO MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(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 20,21,27,28,33,34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • THE SILVER CABLE IS IN MONTANA, T 20 N, R 32 W, SEC 23 . ON MONTANA LINE AT HEAD OF S FK OF COEUR D'ALENE R.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Analytical data

Result 60 FT OF MINERALIZED AREA AVERAGED 5 LBS CU AND 0.34 OZ/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.62241, 47.47707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Property Is N Of White Ledge Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.13M
    Width 24.38M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Montgomery Mines

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 OLD TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 38 CLAIMS (8 PATENTED, 30 UNPATENTED); THE PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE THE SILVER COIN GROUP AND THE LEWIS AND CLARK CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 23 , 1974 ; AUG. 13 , 1967

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 70

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1912 , THIRTEENTH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911 , P. 113 - 114

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE 13TH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1911

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOCHEM BUNKER HILL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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