Regal Group

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold, 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 10070148
MRDS ID W012860
Record type Site
Current site name Regal Group
Related records 10119495

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.11384, 48.20407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3 MI NE OF CLARK FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotchman Peak(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 056N 003E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE OF GOAT MTN. (SCOTCHMAN PEAK)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 21 OZ AG/TON
Result 40% PB
Result 1.6% CU
Result ANOTHER ASSAY SHOWED 38.3 % PB, 2.4 % ZN, 14.3 OZ AG/TON, TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.

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 Vein Follows Fault, Larger Sulfide Seams Are On Footwall Side.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG SE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRICHARD FORMATION TRENDS N 35 DEG E, DIPS 17 DEG SE

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 National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grand Silver Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT DRIFTS

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 DEPOSITS OF BONNER CO.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    SANDPOINT NEWS BULL., DEC. 18, 1968.

  • Deposit

    STARMONT, L., 1929 , CLARK FORK AND LAKE PEND OREILLE: MINING TRUTH, V. 14 , NO. 8 , P. 7 - 9 , 16

  • Deposit

    1927 DIREXPL REGAL MINING COMPANY

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 BEDDED VEINS WITH ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP, THEY ARE EXPOSED OVER A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET; 1 FISSURE VEIN TRENDS N 45 DEG W AND DIPS 50 DEG SW

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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