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Hand Spike Group

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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  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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10073394
MRDS ID W019455
MAS/MILS ID 0160550020
Record type Site
Current site name Hand Spike Group
Alternate or previous names Little North Fork Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.38794, 47.70546 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 18.5 MI E 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

Skitwish Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(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 050N 001E 06 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Across From Mouth Of La Verne Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization
  • (Local) Oxidation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.38794, 47.70546
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Burnt Cabin Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 502.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault
  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Vein Near Burnt Cabin Fault
    Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Sericitization, Oxidation
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fault Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1903

Mining district

District name Little North Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Little N. Fork Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 701.04M

Comments on development

  • 3 Patented Claims

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.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone Co., Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , P. 115

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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