The New Hilarity Group is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,684 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: 2,684 Feet (818 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.47278, -116.20333
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New Hilarity Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Hilarity Group
Secondary: Hilarity Group
Secondary: Signal Silver Gold
Secondary: Epic Ag
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Yreka)
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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: New Hilarity Mining Co.
Owner Name: Signal Silver Gold Min. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: St. Joe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): A MI FROM MOUTH OF DENVER CREEK
Comment (Development): 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. THE 165 CLAIMS OF EPIC SILVER PROJECT INCLUDE THOSE OF LOOKOUT MTN. MIN. AND MILLING CO., SPOKANE NAT'L MIN. INC., NEW ERA MINES, INC., AND SIGNAL SILVER GOLD INC. ; ECON.COM: LOW GRADE ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, 96 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 71
Reference (Deposit): JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710 , 36 P.
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 30 , 1968 ; NOV. 21 , 1968 ; FEB. 5 , 1969
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