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Plowboy Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217262
MRDS ID W007813
MAS/MILS ID 0160170366
Record type Site
Current site name Plowboy Mine
Alternate or previous names Bluebell
Related records 10093428

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.91528, 48.79626 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
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

Upper Priest Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(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 063 N 004 W 19 NWNWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.91528, 48.79626
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE 1967 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL COUNTY REPT 6 P 118

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON 1930 ID BUR MINES AND GEOL BULL 12 P 127-128

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.

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