Abbatour Claim

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silver
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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093741
MRDS ID W026660
MAS/MILS ID 0160790498
Record type Site
Current site name Abbatour Claim
Alternate or previous names Superior Silver Mines, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97272, 47.47547 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position 2 MI W OF WALLACE; 1 MI 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 004E 29 E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Only Few Hundred Yards W and N of Galena Shaft.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97272, 47.47547

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Polaris Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Callahan, (Sub-Leased To Asarco)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Superior Silver Mines, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Western Mining News, 1974 - 75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington, P. 150

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, Feb. 20 , 1968

  • Deposit

    IBMG, Mines And Prospects Of The Wallace Quad, Idaho, 1981, Hustedde, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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