Peters and Mitchum Property Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069959
MRDS ID W007765
MAS/MILS ID 0160210027
Record type Site
Current site name Peters and Mitchum Property Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.14136, 48.78407 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF MOYIE RIVER FROM TOWN OF MEADOW CREEK; 2 1/2 MI SE OF MEADOW CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Creek(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 063N 002E 25 NESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wallace Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.14136, 48.78407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 57 DEG W
    Dip 32 DEG NE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • No Production (Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.76M
    Overall depth 27.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Vertical Shafts: 50, 91, And 21 Ft Deep. Equipment: Hoist, Sinking Bucket, Hand - Mining Tools.

Comments on development

  • 80 Acres

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P

  • Deposit

    1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.