The Sierra Nevada Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,350 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: 3,350 Feet (1,021 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 47.5186, -116.16530
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Sierra Nevada Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sierra Nevada Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District
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: Bunker Hill Co.
Production
Year: 1886
Material type: ?
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47 % Pb, 60 - 90 Oz Ag / Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1886
Discovery Year: 1885
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
Form: CURVED SHEET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Location): ON W SIDE OF DEADWOOD GULCH; LOCATION UNCERTAIN WITHIN SEC 11
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1886 RAN 47% PB AND 60-90 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN RANGES IN DIP FROM HORIZONTAL TO 40 DEG SW
Comment (Workings): LENGTH WORKINGS GIVEN FOR 1921
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B. AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P.
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1905 OTHER F. L. RANSOME, BULL. 260
Reference (Deposit): GERRY, C. N., 1923 , GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD, ZINC IN IDAHO, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921 , PT. 1 - METALS: USGS, P. 418
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 260 , P. 274 - 303
Reference (Deposit): 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 62
Reference (Deposit): 1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY AND JONES, BULL. 732
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , USGS BULL. 732 , 156 P. GERRY, C. N., 1923 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921 , PT. 1 : USGS, P. 418 . GERRY, C. N., 1919 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1917 , PT. 1 : USGS, P. 491
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