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Miller Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Antimony, Zinc
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069973
MRDS ID W007785
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Mine
Related records 10192502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.19465, 48.16097 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 MI NE OF CLARK FORK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056N 002E 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOWER SW SLOPE OF HOWE MOUNTAIN, 400 FT. E OF JAMES E. WHITE PORTAL (WHITEDELF)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.19465, 48.16097
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Width 1.83M
  • General form STRINGERS
    Dip 80 DEG SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALLACE BEDS STRIKE N 30 DEG W, DIP 30 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1927

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN CUTS; 2 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, LEAD - SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944 - B, 117 P

  • Deposit

    1947 OTHER A. L. ANDERSON, BULL. 944 -

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULT IN UPPER TUNNEL STRIKES N 30 - 50 DEG E AND IN LOWER TUNNEL STRIKES N 50 - 55 DEG E. FAULT ZONE 6 FT WIDE. LESS EVIDENCE MINERALIZATION IN LOWER TUNNEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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