Silver Crest Group

The Silver Crest Group is a lead, copper, and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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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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