Capital Silver Prospect

The Capital Silver Prospect is a zinc, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,281 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Capital Silver Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper

Location

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

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: Capital Silver Mines Inc.

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: Bitterroot Mountains - Coeur D'Alene Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: Carpenter Fault; Claims Lie Within Graben

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): NINE CORP ON E, INSPIRATION AND APEX ON THE S, SILVER CRESCENT ON W, AND HIGHLANDS AURORA ON N.

Comment (Development): 204 CLAIMS, UNPATENTED. PROPERTY EXTENDS INTO T 49 N, R 4 E, SECS 33 , 34 ; AND T 48 N, R 4 E, SECS 3 , 4 , 10

Comment (Workings): LENGTH WORKINGS A 1955 FIGURE

Comment (Deposit): CAPITOL SILVER WAS FORMED IN 1967 TO DEVELOP THE 207 CONTIGUOUS UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

References

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 28

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JAN. 5 , 1970 ; FEB. 28 , 1968 ; JULY 7 , 1967 ; JULY 18 , 1975 ; JAN. 20 , 1977

Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1975 GEOCHEM CAPITOL SILVER MINES, INC

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