Klondike Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070138
MRDS ID W012846
MAS/MILS ID 0160210056
Record type Site
Current site name Klondike Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23186, 48.86427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 11 1/2 MI NNE 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

Meadow Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moyie(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 064N 002E 29 C S2S2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Slope Of Wall Mountain; 2 Mi. Ne Of The Silver Crescent Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE ASSAY: 72% PB, 70 OZ. AG AND TRACE AU. VEIN AVERAGED $10/TON COMBINED METALS (1930'S)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Late Prec Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite;Wall Mountain Stock-Syenite
    Rock description Late Prec Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite;Wall Mountain Stock-Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation: Feldspathic Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation: Feldspathic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23186, 48.86427

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge, Salvage On Vein Walls

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 54 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG E
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 804.65M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. Tilley
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tilley, William

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 243.84M

Comments on development

  • 8 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 8

  • Deposit

    Satkoski, 1979, Administrative Report Bia-54, P 9-15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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