The Shoshone Silver Prospect is a 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:
Lat, Long: 47.41417, -115.76556
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Shoshone Silver Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shoshone Silver Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: 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: Shoshone Silver Min. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: St. Joe Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Placer Creek Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UNCERTAIN LOCATION; PLOTTED ON PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Development): 74 UNPATENTED, 5 PATENTED CLAIMS. 4 ANOMALOUS AREAS UNCOVERED IN 600 FT OF DOZING
Comment (Development): BEGINNING IN 1959 SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION WAS UNDERTAKEN BY MINISTRY OF ENERGY AND MINES
Comment (Deposit): THE SIZE OF THE WHOLE QUADRILATERAL (REF. F1) IS 262 SQ. KM. WHILE THE ABOVE LENGTH & WIDTH ARE THOSE OF THE ORE-BEARING AREAS (REF. F2).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ESTIMATE BASED ON KRIEGED DATA FOR 220 DRILL HOLES IN SANCHEZ AND OTHERS (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): KINGHORN AND FICA, 1979, FINAL ANNUAL REPORT, IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
Reference (Deposit): 1972 DIREXPL SHOSHONE SILVE
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 114
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, B. R., DIR., 1975 , FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 73
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