Priest River Mining Co. Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. 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 10069995
MRDS ID W007823
Record type Site
Current site name Priest River Mining Co. Prospect
Alternate or previous names Farmer Jones
Related records 10119657

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.96277, 48.26516 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 6 MI N 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

Quartz Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(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 057N 005W 28 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 ORE SHOOT AVG. $20 / TON IN AU ( 1904 ), OTHER SAMPLES $10 - $100 / TON ( 1905

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.96277, 48.26516

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein Parallels Contact

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 182.88M
    Width 1.07M

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 Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. P. Stackhouse, Homer Redmond

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 5 PATENTED 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

    BELL, R. N., 1906 , SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905 , 146 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906 , 175 P.

  • Deposit

    1906 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1905

  • Deposit

    1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1906

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. NO. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAT - LYING VEINS PARALLEL QUARTZ MONZONITE - QUARTZITE CONTACT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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