Eileen Mining Company Prospect

The Eileen Mining Company Prospect is a lead mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Eileen Mining Company Prospect
Secondary: North Skin Creek Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver

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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Purcell Range

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: SEAMS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Vein On Contact; Near Moyie Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PB207/PB204 = 15.402 PB208/PB204 = 35.991
Analytical Data: LEAD ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 16.327

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): 1/2 Mi S. Along Moyie River And Below Power Site Of Cynide Gold Company

Comment (Location): Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 48-46-25N 116-9-42W (48.77361 -116.16167); UTM N5402400 E561600 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 063N, RNG 002E, Sect 35, Sect_fract .

Comment (Deposit): Vertical Vein In Sill Strikes N 55 Deg W; Third Vein In Quartzite Strikes N 60 Deg W And Dips 45 Deg Sw

Comment (Development): 20 Claims ; Equipment: Blacksmith Shop, Hand Mining Tools, Cabins

Comment (Workings): 5 Tunnels

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines-Wilderness Rept-1974

Reference (Deposit): Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 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): 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 1

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