Sullivan Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Graphite
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069830
MRDS ID W007543
Record type Site
Current site name Sullivan Mine
Related records 10289754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.81637, 48.15846 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 4 MI E OF TOWN OF PRIEST RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laclede(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 056N 004W 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 50 FT. ABOVE PEND OREILLE RIVER, GREAT NORTHERN R.R. TRACKS ON STEEP S - FACING SLOPE OF RIVER VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Siliceous Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Siliceous Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.81637, 48.15846

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Granodiorite (Cret) Intrusive 1/4 Mi To E. And N.

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG E
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mike And Mabel Venovich

Comments on the production information

  • RUMOR OF $7000 PRODUCTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on development

  • 80 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREAT NORTHERN MINERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPT., 1964, THE SULLIVAN MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OF REPT

  • Production

    GREAT NORTHERN, 1964, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OPEN - FILE REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN FRACTURE ZONE STRIKE NE, DIP 30 TO 40 DEG S
Deposit THE ARGILLITE IS DESCRIBED AS A GNEISS WITH MIGMATITIC FACIES. "RUMOR, ACCORDING TO VENOVICH, IS THAT THE MINE PRODUCED $7,000 AU MANY YEARS AGO."

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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