American Silver Mines

Producer in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10169100
MRDS ID W019385
MAS/MILS ID 0160790283
Record type Site
Current site name American Silver Mines
Alternate or previous names American Silver Mine
Related records 10073345

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.02543, 47.49267 (WGS84)
Elevation 903
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(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 048 N 003 E 24 NWNWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.02543, 47.49267

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coeur Dalene District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Silver Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1996

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE IS ON STAND-BY UNTIL HIGHER SILVER PRICES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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