Lawrence 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265308
MRDS ID W007734
MAS/MILS ID 0160170130
Record type Site
Current site name Lawrence Mine
Related records 10105566

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.14994, 48.14767 (WGS84)
Elevation 677
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)

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 002 E 01 NESENW Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.14994, 48.14767

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 20S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N40E:20S
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1912

Mining district

District name Clark Fork Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silverfields Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

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 16

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1947 USGS BULL 944-B P 37-117

  • Deposit

    HARRISON AND JOBIN 1963 USGS BULL 1141-K 38P

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FLAGG 1913 MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD V 38 P 340

  • Deposit

    SOPER 1918 MINING AND SCI PRESS V 116 P 125

  • Deposit

    LORAIN 1946 US BUR MINES REPT OF INV R. I. 3992

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