Glowing Rock Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069979
MRDS ID W007796
Record type Site
Current site name Glowing Rock Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.54386, 48.05706 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 16 MI. S. OF SANDPOINT ON SHORE OF PEND OREILLE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cocolalla(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)

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 Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 054N 002W 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR OLD "M. B." MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED SOME OUTCROPS .7 TO 10% WO3 SOME FLOAT ESTIMATED .2% WO3. 1 SCHEELITE SAMPLE HAD 0.8 % WO3 , 1 SULFIDE SAMPLE HAD 0.4 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.54386, 48.05706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Don Samuelson, Les Gissel

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 518.16M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 LONG TUNNEL 1500? FT LONG, 1 SHORT TUNNEL 200? FT LONG; SEVERAL NEWER PITS AND TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

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

    POWERS, HAROLD A., 1956, GLOWING ROCK: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. O. F. REPT.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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