Minerva Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069986
MRDS ID W007810
Record type Site
Current site name Minerva Mine
Related records 10241317, 10120035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41355, 48.07069 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 15 MI SE OF SANDPOINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(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 001W 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NE SLOPE OF PACKSADDLE MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED AT $291 / TON IN COMBINED AG, PB, ZN, CU VALUES ( 1904

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41355, 48.07069

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner F. W. Gilbert

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 883.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED CLAIMS

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

    BELL, R. N., 1905 , REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1904 , 139 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1906 , SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905 , 149 P.

  • Deposit

    1905 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1904

  • Deposit

    1906 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1905

  • 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

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

External references