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Plowboy - Bluebell Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093428
MRDS ID W007813
Record type Site
Current site name Plowboy - Bluebell Prospect
Related records 10217262

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91528, 48.79626 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 23 MI SW OF PORTHILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Priest Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(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 063N 005W 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SELKIRK RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Form.-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91528, 48.79626
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Selkirk Mining Co., K. R. Bagden

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD DRIFT AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SELKIRK MINING CO.

Reporter information

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

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