Silver Leaf Group Prospect

The Silver Leaf Group Prospect is a lead, zinc, gold, and silver mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,301 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

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Site Name

Primary: Silver Leaf Group Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: 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: Kaniksu National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Silver Leaf Mines Corp.

Owner Name: Loop, H. G.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Packsaddle Fault To The W; Cascade Fault To The E.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization

Rocks

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Silt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Lead
Ore: Silver

Comments

Comment (Development): 16 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Deposit): CONJECTURE - KEEP COOL - SILVER LEAF VEIN IS PROBABLY 12000 FT LONG

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OLD DRIFTS, SOME CAVED, ONE NEW DRIFT.

Comment (Location): ON E BRANCH OF GOLD CREEK

References

Reference (Deposit): KUN, P., 1974 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LAKEVIEW MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 156 , 47 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

Reference (Deposit): 1974 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 156

Reference (Deposit): MC DOWELL, G. A., 1951 , 53 RD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1951 , P. 41

Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 31

Reference (Deposit): 1951 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT.

Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, E., 1928 , GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31 , 25 P.

Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1967 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 6 , 131 P.

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