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Better Times Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078461
MRDS ID W026798
Record type Site
Current site name Better Times Prospect
Related records 10168561

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50576, 48.12406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 1.5 MI SW OF TALACHE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cocolalla(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 055N 002W 12 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50576, 48.12406
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E

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 Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION, 108 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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