The Silver City Region is a silver and gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.01722, -116.73028
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Silver City Region MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver City Region
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Silver City Region
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1863
Discovery Year: 1863
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Silver City Range - Owyhee Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Large Post-Mineral Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization-Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Argentite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Miargyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION VALUES ARE ESTIMATED FROM 1863-1879 AND ACCURATE FROM 1880-1923 TOTAL $40,878,441
Comment (Development): DE LAMAR COMPANY LTD WAS THE LAST MAJOR OPERATOR, THEY QUIT IN 1914. AFTER THAT SMALL COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS TOOK OVER BUT PRODUCTION HAS BEEN SMALL SINCE
Comment (Workings): NO FIGURES WERE GIVEN FOR TOTAL WORKINGS, BUT THE DE LAMAR MINE HAD 115,000 FT OF WORKINGS ALONE
Comment (Geology): SILVER CITY GRANITE, COARSE-GRAINED, LIGHT GRAY GRANITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): PIPER, A. M., AND FRANCIS, L. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, ID: ID. BUR. OF MINE BULL. 11
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1941, MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: ID. BUR. OF MINE GEOL. PAMPHLET NO. 57. P. 15-16.
Reference (Production): PIPER, A.M., ID. BUR OF MINES BULL. 11 1926
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