Binarch Cr. Mining Co. Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. 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 10093415
MRDS ID W007757
Record type Site
Current site name Binarch Cr. Mining Co. Prospect
Alternate or previous names Idaho Panhandle
Related records 10192535

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92191, 48.4693 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2 MI SW OF OUTLET BAY ON PRIEST LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlet Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(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 059N 005W 13 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) 200 Ft Wide Gossan

Analytical data

Result ORE AVG. 2 - 4 % CU, WITH SELECTED VALUES 10 - 20 % CU, AND SOME AU, A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92191, 48.4693

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hooper, A. L.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT DRIFTS, 2 SHORT SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • NEW YORK - WASHINGTON - IDAHO GROUP; 14 CLAIMS

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

    LANCASTER, J., 1910 , PRIEST LAKE DISTRICT, IDAHO: THE MINING WORLD, V. 32 , P. 100

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN DIPS ALMOST VERTICALLY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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