Bodie Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069954
MRDS ID W007759
Record type Site
Current site name Bodie Canyon Prospect
Related records 10119680, 10167962

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.94857, 48.20566 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 2 MI NW 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

Priest River(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 005W 15 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result REPORT OF 14.4 OZ AG/TON NOT VERIFIED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Missoula Flood deposits.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cominco American, Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bodie Canyon Cu - Ag, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 19, 1967.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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