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Freeman Lake Silica Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silica
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  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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106028
MRDS ID W027147
Record type Site
Current site name Freeman Lake Silica Mine
Related records 10290025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.02524, 48.21986 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 6 MI NW OF PRIEST RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille(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 056N 006W 12 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ SAMPLED OVER 99 % SIO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.02524, 48.21986
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70 DEG W
    Length 152.4M
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Northwest Alloys, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Katherine Grover

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956 , FREEMAN LAKE SILICA DEPOSIT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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