Two Brothers Prospect

Occurrence in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073384
MRDS ID W019441
MAS/MILS ID 0160550068
Record type Site
Current site name Two Brothers Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64185, 47.85266 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 13 MI NE OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayden Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(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 Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 052N 003W 13 E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Tributary Of N Fk Hayden Creek, Along Trail To Buckles Mountain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock type qualifier Siltite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Striped Peak Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock type qualifier Siltite
    Rock unit name Striped Peak Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64185, 47.85266

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Structure description Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip SE
    Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hayden Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. 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.