The Miller Brothers Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 48.9489, -116.29750
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Miller Brothers Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Miller Brothers Mine
Secondary: Lucky Charlie Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfides
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Queen Mountain Or Harvey Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Kaniksu National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1937
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Purcell Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Occurrence On East - Dipping Limb Of Large Fold With N - Trending Axis; Purcell Trench, Kaniksu Batholith; Moyie - Leonia Fault.
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone At Upper Contact Of Sill.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Stains, Silicified
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 18.533 PB207/PB204 = 15.618 PB208/PB204 = 38.505
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): Southwest Base Of Harvey Mountain 500 Ft North Of Highway 95.
Comment (Production): $300,000 Late 1930'S
References
Reference (Deposit): Brackebusch, Fred W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho 76 P.
Reference (Deposit): Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971, Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geol., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1949, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 85, 31 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 8
Reference (Production): Brackebusch, F. W. 1969, Univ. Of Idaho Thesis, 76 P.
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Sandpoint Quad, Location No. 10.
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