The Royal Apex Mine is a silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,727 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,727 Feet (1,136 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 47.61, -115.97360
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Royal Apex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Royal Apex Mine
Secondary: Royal
Secondary: Apex Silver
Secondary: St. Joe
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Royal Apex Silver, 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: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Carpenter Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF 2 OZ AG AND 0.03 OZ AU. SPLIT CORE ASSAYS SHOWED 9.6 AND 12.5 OZ AG, AND .25 % AND .30 % CU OVER 1.3 AND 2 FT.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): WEIGHTED AVERAGE SAMPLE OF 1 % PB, 19.3 OZ AG OVER 4.9 FT
Comment (Deposit): SILVER STATE CONSOLIDATED MINES (NEVADA CORP.) MERGED INTO ROYAL APEX IN 1976
Comment (Development): DDH TOTAL OF 3573 FT. ROYAL HAD 26 CLAIMS AND APEX SILVER HAD 59 UNPATENTED CLAIMS BROUGHT TOGETHER IN 1969
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN LESS THAN 200 FT FROM SURFACE
Comment (Workings): THE ST. JOE ADIT 3270 FT LONG IN 1954
Comment (Location): GIVEN UTM ON ST. JOE ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, SEPT. 12 , 1972 ; OCT. 22 , 1970 ; JULY 16 , 1969 ; APRIL 2 , 1969 ; MAR. 3 , 1967 ; OCT. 16 , 1975
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 112
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, W. R., 1966 , SUMMARY REPT. OF EXAMINING MINE OR MINERAL DEPOSIT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) MC DOWELL, G. A., 1954 , 56TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, P. 147 .
Reference (Deposit): 6) MINING RECORD, SEPT. 15 , 1976
Reference (Deposit): 1965 GEOLMAP S. W. HOBBS AND OTHERS, PROF. PAPER 478
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOPHYS BUNKER HILL, 1966 - 1972 SPENT $275,912
Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY O. F. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1969 GEOCHEM ROYAL APEX SILVER - ANOMALY JUST S OF VEINS
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