The Stroebel Prospect is a lead mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.53, -116.55830
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Stroebel Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stroebel Prospect
Secondary: Strobel
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Coeur D'Alene Mines Corp. - Spokane Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1918
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
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Chloritized
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: Chlorite Schist
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Description: Chlorite Schist
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB208/PB204 = 38.649
Analytical Data: PB207/PB204 = 15.630
Analytical Data: PB ISOTOPE COMPOSITION: PB206/PB204 = 18.358
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): Near Upper End Killarney Lake
Comment (Development): 3 Patented Claims
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Chloritized
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Zone; Fault Controlled Fracture
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.
Reference (Deposit): Zartman, R. E., And Stacey, J. S., 1971 , Lead Isotopes And Mineralization Ages In Belt Supergroup Rocks, Northwestern Montana And Northern Idaho: Econ. Geology, V. 66 , No. 6 , P. 849 - 860
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