Idaho Leadville Mines Co. Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097437
MRDS ID W019364
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Leadville Mines Co. Prospect
Related records 10217877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02493, 47.46817 (WGS84)
Elevation 1562
Relative position 3 MI S OF OSBURN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 26,27,35,36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S OF FAHEY AND METROPOLITAN MINES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.02493, 47.46817

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Placer Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 243.84M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Leadville Mines Co.

Comments on the production information

  • IDAHO LEADVILLE WILL RECEIVE 40 % FROM BUNKER HILL IF ANY PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 318.52M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH OF WORKINGS IS A 1927 FIGURE

Comments on development

  • 40 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, MAY 4 , 1971 ; NOV. 11 , 1971 ; NOV. 15 , 1968 ; OCT. 27 , 1967 ; FEB. 20 , 1967 ; AP. 4 , 1975

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 70

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, S., 1927 , 28TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1926 , P. 199

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOPHYS BUNKER HIL

  • Production

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, FEB. 20 , 1967

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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