King Solomon Prospect

The King Solomon Prospect is a lead mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,500 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: King Solomon Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Kootenai

Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 47.5889, -116.47830

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King Solomon Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: King Solomon Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Medimont (?) 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: King Solomon Mining And Milling Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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: IRREGULAR BUNCHES, LENTICULAR


Structure

Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Type: L
Structure: Osburn Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): 2 Claims. Compressor Building. ; Econ.Com: Less Than 5 % Sulfides

Comment (Deposit): Vein May Be Traced Several Hundred Yards.

Comment (Location): Several Hundred Yards Above Mouth Of Curran Creek; Along Ridge Crest Less Than 1/4 Mi N Of Canyon Bottom.

Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Vein Parallel To Osburn Fault 1/2 Mi To Ne Regional - Broad Much Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend


References

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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