Clarinda Group Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069944
MRDS ID W007742
Record type Site
Current site name Clarinda Group Prospect
Related records 10144217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22165, 48.17797 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position CLARINDA GROUP ADJOINS THE COPPER GIANT ON THE E; IS LESS THAN 3 MI FROM CLARK FORK, IDAHO.

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 056N 002E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON HOWE MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Freibergite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Upper Wallace Form.-Shales And Quartzites With Few Limy Members
    Rock description Upper Wallace Form.-Shales And Quartzites With Few Limy Members
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.22165, 48.17797

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault Is 1/4 Mi E Of Vein.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Near Vein Disturbed By Upthrust Movement Along The Fissure; Brecciation And Movement Evident.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 68 DEG NW
    Length 121.92M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS LOCALLY STRIKE N 10 DEG E, DIP 50 DEG SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. Delaney; C. I. White

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1293.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    SOPER, E. K., 1918 , MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 116 , P. 121 - 126

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL CLARINDA COPPER MINING CO.

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN VEIN IS THE LONE PINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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