Bumble Bee Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096209
MRDS ID W007745
Record type Site
Current site name Bumble Bee Prospect
Related records 10144278

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25799, 48.09987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 5 MI SW OF CLARK FORK; 8 3/4 MI W OF CABINET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Packsaddle Mountain(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)

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 002E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 1/2 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF JOHNSON CREEK; 2 1/2 MI FROM BONNER - SHOSHONE COUNTY LINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite Stains , Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wallace Form.-Sandstone, Shale, Argillite;Striped Peak Form.-Siliceous And Shaley Sandstones
    Rock description Wallace Form.-Sandstone, Shale, Argillite;Striped Peak Form.-Siliceous And Shaley Sandstones

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25799, 48.09987

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault Is Few Hundred Feet E. Of Property

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • STRIPED PEAK BEDS STRIKE N 35 DEG E AND DIP 42 DEG SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL ABOVE DRIVEN ALONG VEIN

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS

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., NO. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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