Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect

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

Name: Idaho-Montana Silver, Inc. Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

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

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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

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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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