The Antelope Prospect is a mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,100 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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.1422, -116.14220
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Antelope Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antelope Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: Clark Fork District
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
Owner Name: Whitedelf Mining And Development Co.
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: Mineralized Low Angle Thrusts Of Little Displacement, Gouge
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Some Fe And Mn Oxides , Oxidation, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): NUMBER OF OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES AND A 15 FT TUNNEL.
Comment (Location): ON LONG SPUR THAT EXTENDS E FROM TOWN OF CLARK FORK TO ANTELOPE MOUNTAIN; CLAIMS ALONG CREST AND UPPER N SLOPE OF THE SPUR.
Comment (Development): 3 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): STRIPED PEAK STRIKES N 6 DEG E AND DIPS 20 DEG E AT MOST WESTERLY OF CUTS ON LOWER ZONE. COUNTRY ROCK OF UPPER MINERALIZED ZONE STRIKES N 7 DEG W AND DIPS 17 DEG E.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 6, 131 P.
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): 1947 OTHER A. L. ANDERSON, BULL. 944 - B
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