Keep Cool Mine

Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107336
MRDS ID W019434
Record type Site
Current site name Keep Cool Mine
Related records 10208403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.44495, 47.90766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5.5 MI S OF TOWN OF LAKEVIEW ON EAST BRANCH OF CHLORIDE GULCH

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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 053N 001W 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS WEBER PROPERTY ON THE W

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Siliceous

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM LEVELS 4 AND 5 AVERAGE 20 OZ / TON AG
Result 3 - 4 % PB
Result 6 - 7 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Lower Member Wallace Formation-Limy Argillite
    Rock description Lower Member Wallace Formation-Limy Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.44495, 47.90766

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault To The W; Cascade Fault To The E.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia, Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form SOME RIBBON ORE
    Strike N 75 DEG W
    Dip 75 DEG S
    Length 3657.6M
  • General form SOME RIBBON ORE
    Dip 75 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault; Weber Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lakeview District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Carbide
  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Lakeview Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS TO VALUE OF ABOUT $15,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 714.76M

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C., 1909 , A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 384 , 112 P.

  • 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

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

  • Deposit

    MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52

  • Deposit

    5) KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

  • Deposit

    6) SPOKANE CHRONICLE, NOV. 5 , 1974

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER D. F. MAC DONALD, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON F. C. CALKINS, BULL. 384

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31

  • Deposit

    1967 DIREXPL SUNSHINE MINING CO.

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

  • Deposit

    1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 156

  • Production

    MAC DONALD, D. F., 1906 , USGS BULL. 285 , P. 41 - 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS RAKE W. CONJECTURE - KEEP COOL - SILVER LEAF VEIN IS 12000 FT LONG; 5 ADITS
Deposit WALLACE STRIKES N TO NE, DIPS E. CHILCO SILVER MINES, INC. HAVE 72 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN KOOTENAI AND BONNER COUNTIES AND THIS MAY INCLUDE THE KEEP COOL PROPERTY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references