Kootenai No. 2 Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069981
MRDS ID W007801
Record type Site
Current site name Kootenai No. 2 Prospect
Related records 10240748

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.90108, 48.78456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 23 MI SW OF PORTHILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Priest Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(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 063N 004W 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Prichard Form-Siltite
    Rock description Prichard Form-Siltite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.90108, 48.78456

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M

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 Priest Lake

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. W. Lloyd; Kootenai Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTING; 200 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    MOORE, F. C., 1910 , ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909 , 139 P.

  • Deposit

    1910 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1909

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. NO. 6

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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