The Silver Syndicate Mine is a silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,575 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,575 Feet (785 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 47.5103, -116.06750
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Silver Syndicate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Syndicate Mine
Secondary: Rambo Area
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
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: Sunshine Min. Co.
Owner Name: Silver Syndicate, Inc.
Production
Not available
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
Analytical Data: CORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 11.8 OZ AG AND 2.3 % PB/TON. 8 FT WIDE VIEN ASSAYED 15 OZ AG. ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 69 OZ AG/TON OVER 5 FT.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): Given Is Silver Syndicate'S Share of Sunshine'S Production From Rambo and Snowstorm Areas. Item 3 Refers To Production Share From Rambo ( 50 % ) and Snowstorm ( 12 1/2 % ) Areas. Item 4 Is Rambo Production
Comment (Development): Diamond Drilling. 13 Patented, 4 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Deposit): Considerable Ore Production From Rambo Area Above 4000 Ft Level, 1947 - 1955 . Silver Syndicates Share of Production From Snowstorm Area In 1970 Was 283 Tons From Which 13200 Oz. Ag Was Recovered. Silver Syndicate Is Owned By Sunshine ( 50 % ), Hecla ( 33 % ) and Silver Dollar ( 10 % ).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Item 1 Refers To Combined Rambo and Snowstorm Areas Above the 4000 Ft Level In 1968 . Item 2 Refers To Ore Developed Between 4600 and 4800 Levels In 1967 . Item 4 Refers To S. S. Share of the 32305 Tons 1974 Reserves of the Snowstorm and Rambo Areas.
Comment (Location): Adjacent To Sunshine Mine
References
Reference (Production): Spokane Chronicle, Ap. 10 , 1974 , Mar. 15 , 1971 ; Mar. 17 , 1969 ; Mar. 31 , 1967
Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Mar. 15 , 1971 ; Ap. 10 , 1974 ; Ap. 22 , 1968 ; Mar. 11 , 1968 ; Ap. 24 , 1975
Reference (Deposit): Western Min. News, 1974 - 75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D' Alenes) And Washington, P. 140
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine'S 1974 Annual Report.
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 261
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
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