Tilley Mine

The Tilley Mine is a lead mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,322 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: Tilley Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Boundary

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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