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Continental

Past Producer in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167974
MRDS ID US16001
MAS/MILS ID 0160210011
Record type Site
Current site name Continental
Alternate or previous names Idaho-Continental

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.89639, 48.92516 (WGS84)
Elevation 1769
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Continental Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 064 N 004 W 06 SENWSE Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.89639, 48.92516
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 80S
    Thickness 10M
    Length 915M
    Width 150M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip :80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 30HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 30
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Porthill

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3050M
    Overall depth 100M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method FILLED STOPES
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 1800
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKHAM AND ELLIS 1926 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL BULL 10 P 52-56

  • Deposit

    LANCASTER 1910 MINING WORLD V 32 P 100

  • Deposit

    BELL 1906 SEVENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1905

  • Deposit

    BELL 1907 EIGHTH ANN REP MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1906 P 92

  • Deposit

    BELL 1910 ELEVENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1909 P 41-

  • Deposit

    BELL 1912 THIRTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1911 P 2

  • Deposit

    BELL 1913 FOURTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1912 P 5

  • Deposit

    BELL 1914 FIFTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1913 P 10

  • Deposit

    BELL 1915 SIXTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1914 P 26

  • Deposit

    BELL 1916 SEVENTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1915 P

  • Deposit

    BELL 1917 EIGHTEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1916 P 2

  • Deposit

    BELL 1918 NINETEENTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1917 P 3

  • Deposit

    BELL 1919 TWENTIETH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1918 P 56

  • Deposit

    BELL 1920 TWENTY-FIRST ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1919 P

  • Deposit

    MOORE 1911 TWELFTH ANN REPT MINING IND IDAHO FOR 1910 P 9

  • Deposit

    COURTIS 1906 THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOUR V 82 P 866

  • Deposit

    SOPER 1918 MINING AND SCI PRESS V 116 P 126

Reporter information

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

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