Little Senator Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069974
MRDS ID W007787
Record type Site
Current site name Little Senator Prospect
Related records 10119725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15464, 48.14377 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 1 MI E OF CLARK FORK

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)

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 Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 055N 002E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON STEEP LOWER NW SLOPE OF ANTELOPE MOUNTAIN, JUST SW OF THE LAWRENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Anglesite, Limonitic And Mn Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Striped Peak Form.-Shaly And Siliceous Beds
    Rock description Striped Peak Form.-Shaly And Siliceous Beds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15464, 48.14377

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 5 Or 6 Mineralized Faults, Some Extensions Of Lawrence Group. Mineralization Represented By Bleaching Of Country Rock.

Ore body information

  • Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silverfields Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 161.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT TUNNELS AND SEVERAL CUTS

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

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

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, ID., 61 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 127.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NASH INDUSTRIES

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1974 ACTIVITY LIST

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED THRUSTS STRIKE N 42 DEG E, N 5 DEG W TO N 20 DEG E, AND DIP 22 DEG SE AND 5 - 12 DEG E, RESPECTIVELY, FRACTURE ZONES 4 FT WIDE
Deposit STRIPED PEAK FORMATION STRIKES N 5 DEG E, DIPS 10 DEG SE. MINERALIZED LOW ANGLE THRUST FAULTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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