Miller Brothers Mine

Past Producer in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Nickel, Copper, Gold, Sulfides
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069938
MRDS ID W007732
MAS/MILS ID 0160210008
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Brothers Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Charlie Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.29857, 48.94877 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EASTPORT, IDAHO, NEAR HIGHWAY 95

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moyie(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 065N 001E 26 C S2S2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Southwest Base Of Harvey Mountain 500 Ft North Of Highway 95.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Sulfides Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stains, Silicified

Analytical data

Result PB ISOTOPES: \nPB206/PB204 = 18.533\nPB207/PB204 = 15.618\nPB208/PB204 = 38.505

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Metagabbro;Wall Mountain Stock-Syenite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Metagabbro;Wall Mountain Stock-Syenite;Kaniksu Batholith-Granite To Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite, Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.29857, 48.94877

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Occurrence On East - Dipping Limb Of Large Fold With N - Trending Axis; Purcell Trench, Kaniksu Batholith; Moyie - Leonia Fault.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone At Upper Contact Of Sill.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 22 DEG E
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 3218.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurrence Associated With Sills Joint Pattern; May Be Associated With Bethlehem Fault. Located On Contact Of Sill And Prichard Form.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1937

Mining district

District name Queen Mountain Or Harvey Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • $300,000 Late 1930'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 64.01M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.

External references