Minerva 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241317
MRDS ID W007810
MAS/MILS ID 0160170124
Record type Site
Current site name Minerva Mine
Related records 10069986, 10120035

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.41775, 48.07126 (WGS84)
Elevation 867
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

Minerva Peak(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)

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 055 N 001 W 36 NWNWNW Idaho

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.41775, 48.07126

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, 1928, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 31.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, 1965, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 134.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, 1967, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY COUNTY

  • Deposit

    REPORT 6, P. 125.

  • Deposit

    BELL, 1905, REPORT OF MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR 1904,

  • Deposit

    P. 86-91.

  • Deposit

    BELL, 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF

  • Deposit

    IDAHO FOR 1905, P. 75-77.

  • Deposit

    BELL, 1912, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY

  • Deposit

    OF IDAHO FOR 1911, P. 26.

  • Deposit

    BELL, 1919, TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY

  • Deposit

    OF IDAHO FOR 1918, P. 86.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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