The Kelly Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.7053, -115.79640
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Kelly Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelly Prospect
Secondary: Frontier Silver
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Jacke Waite District
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: Frontier Silver Mines Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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
Type: R
Description: Trout Creek Anticline Which Trends N
Type: L
Description: Faulting
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 150 FT OF DRIFTING PLANNED IN 1973 . OLD CAVED TUNNEL OF 800 FT.
Comment (Location): ON W EAGLE CREEK. ADJOINS CRYSTAL LEAD (DAY MINES). AT HEADWATERS OF COTTONWOOD CR. GIVEN LOCATION UNCERTAIN.
Comment (Development): 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OLD CAVED TUNNEL RELOCATED BY F. A. MORBECK IN 1968
References
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP FRONTIER SILVER MINES CORP
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 49
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 30 , 1970 ; DEC. 6 , 1968
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, NOV. 16 , 1973
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