The Silver King Prospect is a copper mine located in Butte county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 43.9064, -113.02080
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Silver King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver King Prospect
Secondary: South Creek Nos. 90-91, 103-104
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Butte
District: Dome District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bill Yearsley
Home Office: Idaho
Owner Name: Wilber Woods
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Location): Location Approximation
Comment (Development): 3 Unpatented Claims ; Econ.Com: Green Says Vein Too Narrow To Mine At Profit
Comment (Workings): Several Shallow Trenches And Pits
Comment (Geology): Original Alteration entry: Oxidation
References
Reference (Deposit): Green, W. R., 1966, Silver King Mine: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Unpublished Summary Report Of Mine Examination, 2 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 89, P. 164.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1081-F, 260 P. Ross, C. P., 1933, The Dome Mining District, Butte County, Id: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet No. 39, 12 P.
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