Golden Triplet Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069958
MRDS ID W007764
MAS/MILS ID 0160210042
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Triplet Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cornmeal Tunnel, Quartz Tunnel, Idamont Lead-Zinc Mines Co., Leonia Gold Mining Co., Idaho Gold and Ruby Mining Co., Boulder Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07715, 48.60567 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 1 1/2 MI W OF LEONIA; 13 MI SE OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 061N 003E 28 NWNWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 48-36-15N 116-4-30W (48.60417 -116.075); UTM N5383648 E568193 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 061N, RNG 003E, Sect 28, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.07715, 48.60567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, BUNCHES
    Strike N
    Dip 70 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartzite Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leonia Gold Min. Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P

  • Deposit

    1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10

  • Deposit

    Leonia Gold Mining Co.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.