The Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect is a lead and zinc mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,281 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,281 Feet (1,305 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.4772, -115.62140
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Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect
Secondary: Uranium Mines
Secondary: Inc.
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Montgomery Mines
Owner Name: Bunker Hill Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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 - Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Property Is N Of White Ledge Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan
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: 60 FT OF MINERALIZED AREA AVERAGED 5 LBS CU AND 0.34 OZ/TON AG.
Materials
Ore: Lead
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 38 CLAIMS (8 PATENTED, 30 UNPATENTED); THE PATENTED CLAIMS INCLUDE THE SILVER COIN GROUP AND THE LEWIS AND CLARK CLAIMS
Comment (Location): THE SILVER CABLE IS IN MONTANA, T 20 N, R 32 W, SEC 23 . ON MONTANA LINE AT HEAD OF S FK OF COEUR D'ALENE R.
Comment (Workings): 6 OLD TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MARCH 23 , 1974 ; AUG. 13 , 1967
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 70
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1912 , THIRTEENTH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911 , P. 113 - 114
Reference (Deposit): 1912 COMPILE 13TH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO, 1911
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOCHEM BUNKER HILL
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