Connie Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead
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. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10073388
MRDS ID W019445
MAS/MILS ID 0160550006
Record type Site
Current site name Connie Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dandy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55745, 47.85486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 16 MILES NE OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spades Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(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 Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 052N 002W 14 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Upper S Slope Of S Chiles Mountain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock type qualifier Slightly Micaceous Quartzite
    Rock unit name Burke Formation
    Rock description Burke Form.-Slightly Micaceous Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.55745, 47.85486

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Burke Strikes N 30 Deg W, Dips 20 Deg Sw
  • Original Structures entry:
    Regional - Granodiorite Body Crops Out Less Than A Mi To The N. Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little North Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Connie Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on development

  • 11 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-FEB-1989 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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