Eileen Mining Company Prospect

Past Producer in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093417
MRDS ID W007769
MAS/MILS ID 0160210028
Record type Site
Current site name Eileen Mining Company Prospect
Alternate or previous names North Skin Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16296, 48.77317 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 8 MI NE OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Creek(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 063N 002E 25, 26 SE (25) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 Mi S. Along Moyie River And Below Power Site Of Cynide Gold Company
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 48-46-25N 116-9-42W (48.77361 -116.16167); UTM N5402400 E561600 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 063N, RNG 002E, Sect 35, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LEAD ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 16.327
Result PB207/PB204 = 15.402 PB208/PB204 = 35.991

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Metagabbro
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Metagabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wallace Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposits.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein On Contact; Near Moyie Fault

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 12 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG SE
    Width 0.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Quartzite And Sill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining 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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 20 Claims ; Equipment: Blacksmith Shop, Hand Mining Tools, Cabins

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vertical Vein In Sill Strikes N 55 Deg W; Third Vein In Quartzite Strikes N 60 Deg W And Dips 45 Deg Sw

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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