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Idaho Lakeview Mine

Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  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. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073380
MRDS ID W019436
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Lakeview Mine
Alternate or previous names Vensuela, Hewer, Keep Cool
Related records 10143691

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.47495, 47.91376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 4.5 MI S OF LAKEVIEW IN CHLORIDE GULCH (A TRIBUTARY OF GOLD CREEK)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(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 053N 001W 28,27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN CHLORIDE GULCH; ON E SIDE OF PEND OREILLE LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Siliceous; Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Middle Member Wallace Formation-Siltites, Argillites
    Rock description Middle Member Wallace Formation-Siltites, Argillites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.47495, 47.91376
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault To The W, Cascade Fault To The E.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fissure Vein 40 Ft Wide; Brecciation; Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON
    Thickness 36.58M
    Length 2438.4M
  • General form RIBBON
  • General form RIBBON

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Probably Related To Ne - Trending Packsaddle - Johnson Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1888

Mining district

District name Lakeview District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sunshine Mining Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Lakeview Consolidated Silver Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2590.8M
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 14 DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, 100 - TON FLOTATION MILL HEWER - QUICKSTEP - GLORIA PROBABLY ON SAME SHEAR ZONE. COMINCO PUT DOWN 1400 FT SHAFT ON PROPERTY.

Comments on development

  • 9 ? PATENTED, 17 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (1500 ACRES) 1200 FT DIAMOND DRILLING. C M AND S CO. OF CANADA PUT DOWN 1400 FT. SHAFT IN 1929

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, E., 1928 , GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31 , 25 P.

  • Deposit

    KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, FEB. 6 , 1969 ; OCT. 6 , 1967 ; JULY 12 , 1967

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 31

  • Deposit

    1929 DIREXPL CONSOLIDATED MIN. & SMELT. CO.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP SUNSHINE MIN. CO.

  • Deposit

    1969 DIREXPL CHILCO CR. MIN. CO. { 1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 156

  • Production

    KUN, P., 1974 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATA STRIKE N TO NE, DIP E

Reporter information

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

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