Pend Oreille

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265835
MRDS ID W007788
MAS/MILS ID 0160170086
Record type Site
Current site name Pend Oreille
Alternate or previous names Pend Oreille Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.27465, 48.23347 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hope(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 001 E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.27465, 48.23347

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG NE
    Width 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Cominco Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1997
    Last year 1997
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner UNITERRE RESOURCES LTD
    Interest 100
    Home office 470 Granville Street\nSuite 910\nVancouver BC V6C 1V5\nCanada\n

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Indicated 1000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1000000mt ore
    Inferred 49000000mt ore
    Total resources 50000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1.19 wt-pct Lead Major 1996
    Zinc Zn 7.47 wt-pct Zinc Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Indicated 1000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1000000mt ore
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 2.1 wt-pct Lead Major 1996
    Zinc Zn 7.8 wt-pct Zinc Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Inferred 4900000mt ore
    Total resources 4900000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1 wt-pct Lead Major 1996
    Zinc Zn 7.4 wt-pct Zinc Major 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-OCT-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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