The Tom Levin Creek Prospect is a lead mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,599 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
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 47.8681, -116.50690
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Tom Levin Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tom Levin Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Pend Oreille - Lakeview 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Packsaddle Fault
Description: Packsaddle Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granodiorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB208/PB204 = 39.276
Analytical Data: PB207/PB204 = 15.665
Analytical Data: PB ISOTOPE COMPOSITION: PB206/PB204 = 19.113
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fracture Filling In Fault Zone; Contact
References
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 , P. 849 - 860
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 26
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