The Silver Mountain Mine is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,705 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: 5,705 Feet (1,739 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.48889, -115.72722
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Silver Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Mountain Lead Mines, Inc.
Owner Name: Hecla Mining Co., Bunker Hill Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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: Osburn Fault: 1000 Ft S; Paymaster Fault: 1500 Ft N; Deadman Shear Zone: 2500 Ft N; Snowstorm Fault: 6250 Ft Ne (All Locations Relative To Shaft).
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO DATA IS AVAILABLE CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THE SILVER MOUNTAIN MINE PRIOR TO THE 1955 D.M.E.A. PROJECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. CONTRACT NO. 3406. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): THE SHAFT IS LOCATED NEAR THE MOUTH OF DAISY GULCH.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFTS
Comment (Development): HECLA, BUNKER, AND SILVER MTN. LEAD UNDERTOOK A D.M.E.A. SUPPORTED EXPLORATION PROJECT BETWEEN 1954 AND 1959. THE CONTRACT (D.M.E.A. NO. 3406) WAS TERMINATED 11-1-54. THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 PATENTED AND 33 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMODITY FILES, SPOKANE, WA.
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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