Conjecture Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099666
MRDS ID W002479
Record type Site
Current site name Conjecture Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43022, 47.91597 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Relative position CENTERED AROUND LAKEVIEW AT THE SOUTH END OF PEND OREILLE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(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)

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation;St. Regis Formation;Revett Formation;Revett Formation;Wallace Formation;Wallace Formation;Wallace Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formation;St. Regis Formation;Revett Formation;Revett Formation;Wallace Formation;Wallace Formation;Wallace Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) Piegan Group.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Purcell Trench To The North
Type of structure Local
Structure description Packsaddle-Johnson Fault, Spider Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR-PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG S
    Plunge direction W
    Length 3657.6M
    Width 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Comments on the geologic information

  • ST. REGIS - REVETT FMS., GREEN SILTITES & QUARTZITES. WALLACE FM., LIMESTONE, LIMY SILTSTONES & QUARTZITES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1888
Discoverer Wm. A. D. Bell; Alfred Chamberlain
Year of first production 1875
Production years 1894 INTERMITTANT TO 1926

Mining district

District name Lakeview District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Federal Resources Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Conjecture Mines Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • NO ACTUAL PRODUCTION FIGURES COULD BE FOUND. THE DISTRICT PRODUCED $2,500,000, WITH 24 TO 50 OZ/TON AG, $1.50/TON AU, $2.00/TON PB. CONJECTURE WAS THE MAIN PRODUCER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2621.28M
    Overall depth 609.6M

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1888 BUT NOT LOCATED UNTIL 1894 ; ECON.COM: BAD GROUND AT 2000 FT LEVEL MAKES TUNNELING DANGEROUS

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, 1967, P. 128

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, EDWARD, 1928, GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31, P. 25

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, P. 263

  • Deposit

    1963 DIREXPL FEDERAL RESOURCES CORP. NEGATIV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Petersen, David W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references