The St. Elmo Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,815 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: 2,815 Feet (858 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.4981, -115.99810
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St. Elmo Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Elmo Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District
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: St. Elmo Silver Mines Corp.
Owner Name: Silver Dollar
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
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: L
Description: Just N Of Polaris Fault. St. Elmo Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): 1 PATENTED, 1 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: LOCATION IMPORTANT TO DEVELOPMENT OF CAMP AND COEUR PROJECTS.
Comment (Workings): IN 1974 , WORK ON ST. ELMO JUST MAINTAINANCE (A21)
Comment (Deposit): SILVER DOLLAR OWNS 10.5 % OF ST. ELMO AG MINES CORP.
Comment (Location): BETWEEN COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORP. AND RAINBOW MIN. & MILL CO.
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 113
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 29 , 1967 ; APRIL 26 , 1971
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE REVIEW, MAY 21 , 1967
Reference (Deposit): SILVER DOLLAR'S 1974 ANNUAL REPORT.
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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