The Halliwill Prospect is a mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,701 Feet (1,128 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.0761, -116.68690
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Halliwill Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Halliwill Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: Pend Oreille District; Cocolalla 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tom A. Halliwill
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite Kaolinite (?) And Iron Oxide
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW SLOPES OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN
Comment (Development): POSSIBLY SEVERAL CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): SMALL PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): 1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. O. F. REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.
Reference (Deposit): POWERS, HAROLD A., 1956, HALLIWILL PROPERTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.
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