The Silver Crest Group is a lead, copper, and silver 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: Lead, Copper, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.4394, -115.75580
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Silver Crest Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Crest Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
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.
Administrative Organization: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silver Crest Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: BUNCHY, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 59 UNPATENTED CLAIMS FROM SILVER CREST IN "PACKAGE" WITH AMAZON DIXIE AND BORDER SILVER GROUPS IN 1976
Comment (Location): JUST SMALL CORNER OF PROPERTY IN IDAHO; ADJOINS BORDER SILVER. APPROXIMATE LOCATION GIVEN
Comment (Workings): ONLY NECESSARY ASSESSMENT WORK BEING DONE 1976
References
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 123
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 12 , 1968
Reference (Deposit): RANSOME, F. L., AND CALKINS, F. C., 1908 , THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COEUR D'ALENE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 62 , 203 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1908 GEOLMAP RANSOME AND CALKINS, PROF. PAPER 6
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