Silver Dollar Mine

The Silver Dollar Mine is a copper, silver, zinc, lead, and antimony mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,516 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Dollar Mine
Secondary: Chester Vein
Secondary: Stratton Silver Summit
Secondary: Hayden Hill

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Silver Dollar Min. Co.

Owner Name: Sunshine And Hecla

Production

Year: 1970
Material type: SB
Description: Ap_Grade: ^33.21 Oz Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION HAS COME FROM SMALL SCATTERED STOPES. GIVEN IS SILVER DOLLAR'S SHARE ( 9.61 % ) OF SUNSHINE MINE PRODUCTION ( SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 7 , 1974 , MAY 1 , 1974 ). ALSO 57800 LBS SB IN 1973 . THE 1969 SHARE WAS 792400 OZ. AG AND 176843 LBS SB ( SPOKANE CHRONICLE MAY 14 , 1970 ). THE 1968 SHARE IS GIVEN IN ITEM 6 . ITEM 7 GIVES THE 1967 SHARE OF PRODUCTION FROM THE UNIT AREA OF SUNSHINE MINE. SILVER DOLLAR'S SHARE OF UNIT AREA 1974 PRODUCTION WAS 13948 TONS OF ORE AND 354000 OZ AG, 90,600 LBS. SB, AND 135,000 LBS CU.

Comment (Development): 38 PATENTED CLAIMS. PREDECESSOR STRATTON SILVER SUMMIT ORGANIZED ABOUT 1929

Comment (Commodity): MINE IS IN THE PAGE - GALENA MINERAL BELT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GIVEN IS SILVER DOLLAR'S 9.61 % OF UNIT AREA OF SUNSHINE MINE; H6 INCLUDES 12700 TONS IN THE "X" AND "Y" AREAS OF THE SUNSHINE MINE.

Comment (Deposit): SILVER DOLLAR OWNS 9.61 % IN UNIT AREA PRODUCTION OF SUNSHINE MINE.

References

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 7 , 1974 ; APRIL 26 , 1971 ; MAY 1 , 1974

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 125

Reference (Deposit): 1964 OTHER V. C. FRYKLUND, PROF. PAPER 445

Reference (Deposit): DIREXPL SUNSHINE AND HECLA

Reference (Production): FRYKLUND, V. C., 1964 , USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P. SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 7 , 1974 ; APRIL 26 , 1971 SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAR. 31 , 1975 , MAY 1 , 1974. SILVER DOLLAR'S 1974 ANNUAL REPT.

Reference (Deposit): FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1964 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, SHOSHONE COUNTY: USGS PROF. PAPER 445 , 103 P.

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