Blair and Collins Lease

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093445
MRDS ID W012857
Record type Site
Current site name Blair and Collins Lease
Related records 10168549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16605, 48.17737 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 2.5 MI NNE 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

Clark Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056N 002E 25,26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON NW SIDE OF MIDDLE MOUNTAIN, NEAR JUNCTION OF CASCADE AND LIGHTNING CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Anglesite, Mn Oxides (Oxidation)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Middle Wallace Form.-Limestone Or Calcareous Shale
    Rock description Middle Wallace Form.-Limestone Or Calcareous Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16605, 48.17737

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hope Fault 1/4 Mi. N. Of Lease (Fault Segment Strikes N 20 Deg W, Dips About 30 Deg Ne; Prospect On Broad W. Limb Of Syncline.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault; Brecciated Zone 2 - 3 Ft. Wide.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS OR STRINGERS, POCKETS
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 27 DEG NE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE 150 YARDS WIDE, GREAT QUANTITIES OF GOUGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 TONS OF HAND-SORTED GALENA PILED AT PORTAL. SHORT TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, LEAD - SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-B, 117 P.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

    1947 OTHER A. L. ANDERSON, BULL. 944-B

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WALLACE BEDS STRIKE N 10 DEG W, DIP 25 DEG NE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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