The Klondike Prospect is a lead and silver mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 48.8644, -116.23080
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Klondike Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Klondike Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie - Yaak 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: W. Tilley
Owner Name: Tilley, William
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
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: L
Description: Gouge, Salvage On Vein Walls
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED SAMPLE ASSAY: 72% PB, 70 OZ. AG AND TRACE AU. VEIN AVERAGED $10/TON COMBINED METALS (1930'S)
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): N. Slope Of Wall Mountain; 2 Mi. Ne Of The Silver Crescent Mine
Comment (Development): 8 Unpatented Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Satkoski, 1979, Administrative Report Bia-54, P 9-15.
Reference (Deposit): Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ.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): Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85, 31 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 8
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