Kootenai Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10093413
MRDS ID W007740
Record type Site
Current site name Kootenai Prospect
Alternate or previous names Boyer Brothers
Related records 10119971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48936, 48.30426 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position W. SIDE OF KOOTENAI POINT ON SHORE OF PEND OREILLE LAKE ABOUT 4 MI NE OF SANDPOINT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oden Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 057N 001W 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT EXTENDS UNDER LAKE, IS PLOTTED INLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS ACROSS VEIN WIDTH RANGE $0.80 - $152 / TON IN MOSTLY AG, PB WITH SOME ZN, CU, AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Or Granodiorite Porphyry
    Rock description Granodiorite Or Granodiorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48936, 48.30426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1928

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. Gardner, J. L. Dirks, C. Wilson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 302.67M
    Overall depth 13.11M

Comments on development

  • VEIN DISCOVERED WHEN WAVES OF PEND OREILLE LAKE WASHED AWAY PART OF BEACH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

    STARMONT, L., 1929 , CLARK FORK AND LAKE PEND OREILLE: MINING TRUTH, V. 14 , NO. 8 P. 7 - 9 , 16

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. NO. 6 , 131 P.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN EXTENDS N - 5 FROM LAKE SHORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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