Porthill District

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000217
MRDS ID D001450
Record type District
Current site name Porthill District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50107, 48.99988 (WGS84)
Relative position LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Smith Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50107, 48.99988

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name PORTHILL DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIILSGARD, T.H., 1951, DESCRIPTION OF SOME ORE DESCRIPTION OF SOME ORE DEPOSITS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO THE PURCELL SILLS, BOUNDARY COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 85

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C.P., AND CARR, M.S., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 57, PT. 1

Beyond USGS

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