Halliwill Prospect

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

Name: Halliwill Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Bonner

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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