Iron Mask Prospect Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107291
MRDS ID W007800
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mask Prospect Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Hill?, Silver Butte
Related records 10289631

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.51686, 48.16016 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 8 MI SE OF SANDPOINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sagle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 056N 002W 36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching, Sericite

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) -116.51686, 48.16016

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Little Shearing; Vein Cut By Several Lamprophyre Dikes

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Butte Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • 14 CLAIMS

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

    SAMPSON, E., 1928, GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET, NO. 31, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, ID. 61 P.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W.R., 1976 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BLACKTAIL MOUNTAIN AREA, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: PULLMAN, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PHD DISSERTATION, 108 P.

  • Deposit

    5) MINING RECORD, AUG. 4 , 1976

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 28

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE US BUR MINES, 1974 ACTIVITY LIST

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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