Whitedelph Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10143706
MRDS ID W007527
MAS/MILS ID 0160170100
Record type Site
Current site name Whitedelph Mine
Related records 10093403

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.18715, 48.16297 (WGS84)
Elevation 670
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Lower Clark Fork(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 34 SWNENE Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.18715, 48.16297

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 5M
    Length 885M
    Width 183M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N40E:65S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 25HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 25
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Year of first production 1926

Mining district

District name Clark Fork Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1930 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL BULL 12

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1967 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL CO REPT 6

  • Deposit

    STARMONT 1929 MINING TRUTH V 14 NO 8 P 7-9, 16

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1930 ECON GEOL V 25 NO 2 P 160-175

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1947 USGS BULL 944-B P 37-117

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1946 ECON GEOL V 41 NO 2 P 105-123

  • Deposit

    LORAIN 1946 US BUR MINES REPT INV 3992 10P 6 FIGS

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1965 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 134

  • Deposit

    TEDROW 1968? PRIVATE REPORT

  • Deposit

    RANDOLPH GREEN 1958 MEMORANDUM REPORT ON WHITEDELPH EXTENSIO

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS JANUARY 25, 1974, P 4-5

  • Deposit

    WILLIAM GREEN 1971 MEMORANDUM REPORT - WHITEDELPH MINE

  • Deposit

    GRATTEN LYNCH 1947 PRIVATE REPORT-WHITEDELPH MINE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-75 ANDERSON (1947) ALSO REPORTED THE PRESENCE OF SULFANTIM AND SULFARSENITES IN THE MINERALIZED VEINS. 1-76 ESTIMATES OF REHABILITATING THE WHITEDELPH MILL ARE INC IN THE CAPITAL COST ESTIMATE ON THE UNDERGROUND MINING RECOR ADDITIONAL CRIB NO: W007527, M060176

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references