Clark Fork District

Past Producer in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001618
MRDS ID W002475
Record type District
Current site name Clark Fork District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16775, 48.16657 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATION IS FOR WHITEDELF MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) SERICITIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16775, 48.16657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description HOPE FAULT AND RELATED FRACTURES, PUGH FAULT
Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description HOPE FAULT

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1903
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name CLARK FORK DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner HOPE SILVER-LEAD MINES, INC.
  • Type Operator
    Owner LEASERS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-B

  • Deposit

    HARRISON, J. E., AND JOBIN, D. A., 1963 GEOL. OF THE CLARK FORK QUADRANGLE. IDAHO-MONT.: USGS BULL. 1141-K

Beyond USGS

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