Tilley Mine

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Nickel
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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089071
MRDS ID W012843
MAS/MILS ID 0160210044
Record type Site
Current site name Tilley Mine
Alternate or previous names Tilly Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.20936, 48.90987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1622
Relative position 3000 FT. NE OF QUEEN MINE. 5 1/2 MI SSE OF EASTPORT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eastport(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 09 SENESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Ne Slope Of Bussard Mountain
  • Also Located In S29.

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization; Some Pyritization; Gouge; Fe - Stains

Analytical data

Result PB ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 18.296
Result PB207/PB204 = 15.597
Result PB208/PB204 = 38.039

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite, Some Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Feldspathic Quartzite, Some Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.20936, 48.90987

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Moyie - Leonia Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PARALLEL TO BEDDING
    Strike N - S
    Dip 45 DEG E
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Broad Shear Zone Parallel To Bedding.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mining district

District name Brush Lake District
District name Moyie-Yaak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. Wickersham, S. Hash
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Tilley

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Adits Trend N 80 Deg W; Carbondioxide Encountered In Lower 2 Adits.

Comments on development

  • Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references