Silver Bell No. 1 Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodity Lead
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070207
MRDS ID W012956
MAS/MILS ID 0160210131
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell No. 1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.07795, 48.61177 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 13 MI SE 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

Leonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(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 061N 003E 28 SWSENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Side Of Boulder Creek, 500 Ft. W. Of Idamont Mine ( S 1/2 Sec. 28 )

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.07795, 48.61177

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • Bulldozer Cut

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, D. A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE LEONIA KNOB AREA, BOUNDARY COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO MS THESIS, 103 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, SANDPOINT QUAD, LOCATION NO. 96.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.