The Tilley Mine is a lead mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,322 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,322 Feet (1,622 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 48.91, -116.20830
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Tilley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tilley Mine
Secondary: Tilly Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. Tilley
Owner Name: H. Wickersham, S. Hash
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1952
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: PARALLEL TO BEDDING
Structure
Type: R
Description: Moyie - Leonia Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization; Some Pyritization; Gouge; Fe - Stains
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
Analytical Data: PB ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 18.296
Analytical Data: PB208/PB204 = 38.039
Analytical Data: PB207/PB204 = 15.597
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): Ne Slope Of Bussard Mountain
Comment (Development): Unpatented Claims
Comment (Workings): 3 Adits Trend N 80 Deg W; Carbondioxide Encountered In Lower 2 Adits.
Comment (Location): Also Located In S29.
References
Reference (Deposit): KIILSGAARD 1951 IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 85. P 26-29
Reference (Deposit): V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, SANDPOINT QUAD, LOCATION NO. 322.
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): ZARTMAN, R. E., AND STACEY, J. S., 1971, LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOL., V. 66, P. 849 - 860.
Reference (Deposit): DIREXPL WILLIAM TILLE
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