Silver Syndicate Mine

The Silver Syndicate Mine is a silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,575 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Syndicate Mine
Secondary: Rambo Area

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D' Alene District (Evolution)

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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sunshine Min. Co.

Owner Name: Silver Syndicate, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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

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

Analytical Data: CORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 11.8 OZ AG AND 2.3 % PB/TON. 8 FT WIDE VIEN ASSAYED 15 OZ AG. ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 69 OZ AG/TON OVER 5 FT.

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Production): Given Is Silver Syndicate'S Share of Sunshine'S Production From Rambo and Snowstorm Areas. Item 3 Refers To Production Share From Rambo ( 50 % ) and Snowstorm ( 12 1/2 % ) Areas. Item 4 Is Rambo Production

Comment (Development): Diamond Drilling. 13 Patented, 4 Unpatented Claims

Comment (Deposit): Considerable Ore Production From Rambo Area Above 4000 Ft Level, 1947 - 1955 . Silver Syndicates Share of Production From Snowstorm Area In 1970 Was 283 Tons From Which 13200 Oz. Ag Was Recovered. Silver Syndicate Is Owned By Sunshine ( 50 % ), Hecla ( 33 % ) and Silver Dollar ( 10 % ).

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Item 1 Refers To Combined Rambo and Snowstorm Areas Above the 4000 Ft Level In 1968 . Item 2 Refers To Ore Developed Between 4600 and 4800 Levels In 1967 . Item 4 Refers To S. S. Share of the 32305 Tons 1974 Reserves of the Snowstorm and Rambo Areas.

Comment (Location): Adjacent To Sunshine Mine

References

Reference (Production): Spokane Chronicle, Ap. 10 , 1974 , Mar. 15 , 1971 ; Mar. 17 , 1969 ; Mar. 31 , 1967

Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Mar. 15 , 1971 ; Ap. 10 , 1974 ; Ap. 22 , 1968 ; Mar. 11 , 1968 ; Ap. 24 , 1975

Reference (Deposit): Western Min. News, 1974 - 75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D' Alenes) And Washington, P. 140

Reference (Deposit): Sunshine'S 1974 Annual Report.

Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 261

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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