Falls Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093423
MRDS ID W007794
Record type Site
Current site name Falls Creek Prospect
Related records 10241423

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.40385, 48.06016 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 16 1/2 MI SE OF SANDPOINT; 12 1/2 MI SW OF TOWN 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

Minerva Peak(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 054N 001W 01 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS 25 - 70 OZ AG/TON
Result 6 - 20% PB/TON. PB ISOTOPES: PB 206/PB 204 = 18.637
Result PB 207/PB 204 = 15.624
Result PB 208/PB 204 = 38.917

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.40385, 48.06016

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock Nearby

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 Lakeview District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. C. Ames, P. O. Ruen

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 925.07M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 11 CLAIMS,

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references