Kootenai Prospect

The Kootenai Prospect is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,201 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Kootenai Prospect
Secondary: Boyer Brothers

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: Clark Fork 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: J. Gardner, J. L. Dirks, C. Wilson

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1928
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: TABULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS ACROSS VEIN WIDTH RANGE $0.80 - $152 / TON IN MOSTLY AG, PB WITH SOME ZN, CU, AU

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Development): VEIN DISCOVERED WHEN WAVES OF PEND OREILLE LAKE WASHED AWAY PART OF BEACH

Comment (Deposit): VEIN EXTENDS N - 5 FROM LAKE SHORE

Comment (Location): DEPOSIT EXTENDS UNDER LAKE, IS PLOTTED INLAND

References

Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. NO. 6 , 131 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. NO. 6

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 12, 132 P.

Reference (Deposit): STARMONT, L., 1929 , CLARK FORK AND LAKE PEND OREILLE: MINING TRUTH, V. 14 , NO. 8 P. 7 - 9 , 16

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