Woodrat Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089037
MRDS ID W007750
Record type Site
Current site name Woodrat Mine
Related records 10265526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91048, 48.53346 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 17 MI N OF PRIEST RIVER (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Priest Lake SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(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 060N 004W 19 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOWED UP TO $90 / TON IN CU, PB, AG, AU
Result THE 10 FT WIDTH OF VEIN AVG. $10 / TON
Result OTHER ASSAYS GAVE UP TO 6 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91048, 48.53346

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Near Contact With Belt Rocks

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Panhandle Copper Mining And Smelting Co. Ltd.

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kaniksu Mining Co., A. L. Hooper, Orville Spring

Comments on the production information

  • 1 CARLOAD

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 312.42M
    Overall depth 106.68M

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., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906 , 175 P.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, F. C., 1910 , ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909 , 139 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1912 , THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911 , 135 P.

  • Deposit

    1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT. FOR 1906

  • Deposit

    1910 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT. FOR 1909

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT. FOR 1911

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. NO. 6

  • Production

    BELL, R. N., 1912 , STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT. FOR 1911

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL ORE BODIES 40 FT APART

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