B.F. and H. Mine

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159853
MRDS ID W026802
MAS/MILS ID 0160170113
Record type Site
Current site name B.F. and H. Mine
Alternate or previous names Blacktail Mine, Armstead Mine, Blackjack, Dakota, Talache Mine, Keystone Mine, Silver Butte
Related records 10078463

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.50136, 48.14046 (WGS84)
Elevation 710
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

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 055 N 001 W 06 SE Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Huebnerite Unknown
Polybasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Siderite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown
Polybasite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.50136, 48.14046

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 40S
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Type of Orebody #3 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N10E:40S
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 830301

Comments on the geologic information

  • 6/75 THE BLACKTAIL FORMATION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE COMBINATION OF ST. REGIS AND REVETT FORMATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1967 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL CO REPT 6

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON 1928 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 31

  • Deposit

    HUMPHREYS AND LEATHAM 1936 BS THESIS UNIV OF IDAHO

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1965 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 134

  • Deposit

    WORMSER 1922 ENG AND MINING JOUR PRESS V 114 NO 14 P 581

  • Deposit

    SOPER 1918 MINING AND SCI PRESS V 116 P 125

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981,

  • Deposit

    SANDPOINT QUAD, LOCATION NO. 278

  • Deposit

    GREEN, 1976, WASH. STATE UNIV. PHD. DISSERTATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.