Ralph Property

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities 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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070146
MRDS ID W012858
Record type Site
Current site name Ralph Property
Alternate or previous names Wickstrom Group?
Related records 10120083

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.13884, 48.15067 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 1 1/2 MI E OF CLARK FORK, IDAHO; E. OF LAWRENCE PROPERTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(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 055N 002E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N. SIDE OF ANTELOPE PEAK, 1/2 MI E. OF THE LAWRENCE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALS SHOW BANDING BY CRUSTIFICATION, AND DRUSY SURFACES IN UNFILLED OPENINGS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Striped Peak Formation-Shales
    Rock description Striped Peak Formation-Shales
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.13884, 48.15067

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Broad W. Limb Of Large Syncline With Axis In Montana
Type of structure Local
Structure description Jointing And Intersecting Veins; Breccia; 1/2 To 1 Ft Gouge.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR , STRINGERS
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 62 DEG SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIPED PEAK FORMATION STRIKES NNW, DIPS 15 DEG E.

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 131.67M

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 REPT. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, LEAD - SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER CO., IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-B, 117 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1947 OTHER A. L. ANDERSON, BULL. 944-B

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER MINERALIZED FAULTS STRIKE N 10 DEG W - N 5 DEG E AND DIP 65 - 90 DEG W

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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