Alamo Mine

Prospect in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Lead, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10119799
MRDS ID W007744
MAS/MILS ID 0160170091
Record type Site
Current site name Alamo Mine
Related records 10069946

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.24045, 48.19347 (WGS84)
Elevation 848

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056 N 002 E 20 N2NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.24045, 48.19347

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 76N
    Length 805M
    Width 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N85E:76N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 810629

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1965 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 134 18P

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1967 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL COUNTY REPT 6 P 81-82, 11

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1930 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL BULL 12 P 121-122

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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