The Little Senator Prospect is a mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.1439, -116.15360
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Little Senator Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Senator Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: Clark Fork District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Silverfields Corp.
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: Cabinet Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: 5 Or 6 Mineralized Faults, Some Extensions Of Lawrence Group. Mineralization Represented By Bleaching Of Country Rock.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Anglesite, Limonitic And Mn Oxides
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): STRIPED PEAK FORMATION STRIKES N 5 DEG E, DIPS 10 DEG SE. MINERALIZED LOW ANGLE THRUST FAULTS.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED THRUSTS STRIKE N 42 DEG E, N 5 DEG W TO N 20 DEG E, AND DIP 22 DEG SE AND 5 - 12 DEG E, RESPECTIVELY, FRACTURE ZONES 4 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 3 SHORT TUNNELS AND SEVERAL CUTS
Comment (Location): ON STEEP LOWER NW SLOPE OF ANTELOPE MOUNTAIN, JUST SW OF THE LAWRENCE
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, ID., 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1947 OTHER A. L. ANDERSON, BULL. 944 - B
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 127.
Reference (Deposit): NASH INDUSTRIES
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1974 ACTIVITY LIST
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, LEAD - SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944 - B, 117 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6
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