Silver Monarch Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105744
MRDS ID W015010
MAS/MILS ID 0160490249
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Monarch Mine
Alternate or previous names Keystone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70128, 45.22567 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 3 MI SW OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 22 SESESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. Of Keystone Meadows, On Spring Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE $10/TON IN 1899

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70128, 45.22567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 82 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG S
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 243.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartz Monzonite Strikes About N 20 Deg W And Dips About 58 Deg Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warren District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Pischke, Roy C. Curtis, Joe Mulligan, Mrs. Belle C. Curtis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Tunnels, 1 Shaft, Stopes All Inaccessible

Comments on development

  • 3 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P.

  • Deposit

    Czizek, J. A., 1900, Report Of The Inspector Of Mines For The State Of Idaho For The Year 1899

  • Deposit

    1900 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Rept.

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAR-1995 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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