Bonner Vein

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, 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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070144
MRDS ID W012855
Record type Site
Current site name Bonner Vein
Related records 10192996

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31772, 48.3082 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 13 MI NW OF CLARK FORK; 10 MI ENE OF SANDPOINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trout Peak(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 057N 001E 15,10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • TRESTLE CREEK EMPTIES INTO PEND OREILLE LAKE ANDERSON GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 10.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Chlorite, Biotite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31772, 48.3082

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Broad W. Limb Of Syncline Which Has Axis In Montana.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Considerable Shattering And Faulting From Nearby Granodiorite Intrusion; Several Porphyry Dikes & Lamprophyres

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL , IRREGULAR
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 15 DEG E
    Length 198.12M
    Width 1.52M

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 Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kendall, H. E.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 563.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED, 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

  • 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

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