The Hand Spike Group is a copper mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.7056, -116.38690
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Hand Spike Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hand Spike Group
Secondary: Little North Fork Mining Co.
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Little North 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Little N. Fork Mining And Milling Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1903
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Type: L
Structure: Burnt Cabin Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Ankerite
Comments
Comment (Location): Across From Mouth Of La Verne Creek
Comment (Development): 3 Patented Claims
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Vein Near Burnt Cabin Fault Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Sericitization, Oxidation
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fault Fissure
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone Co., Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , P. 115
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.
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