Silver Leaf Group Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093711
MRDS ID W019439
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Leaf Group Prospect
Related records 10120102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.40495, 47.92266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 8 MI SE OF LAKEVIEW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakeview(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 Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 053N 001W 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON E BRANCH OF GOLD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.40495, 47.92266

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault To The W; Cascade Fault To The 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 Lakeview District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Loop, H. G.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Leaf Mines Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OLD DRIFTS, SOME CAVED, ONE NEW DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, E., 1928 , GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31 , 25 P.

  • Deposit

    KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

  • Deposit

    MC DOWELL, G. A., 1951 , 53 RD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1951 , P. 41

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 31

  • Deposit

    1951 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 156

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONJECTURE - KEEP COOL - SILVER LEAF VEIN IS PROBABLY 12000 FT LONG

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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