The Beauty Bay Prospect is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 47.6119, -116.67360
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Beauty Bay Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beauty Bay Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Beauty Bay 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Painted Desert Uranium And Oil Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: 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: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: CHIMNEY - LIKE, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Fe - Stained
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Altered Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Development): 26 Unpatented Claims. 5 DDH Sites, 3 Of Which Are Potential U. Areas And 2 Of Which Have W And Base Metals
Comment (Deposit): Second Vein Strikes N 60 Deg E, Dips 80 Deg NW Other Veins Further E Strike N 60 Deg E, Dip 80 Deg NW. Largest Vein Strikes N 45 Deg W.
Comment (Location): On Ridge Separating Beauty Bay From Wolf Lodge Bay, N And NE Of Mouth Of Beauty Creek; Land Classification Given As "Public Sale"
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Fe - Stained
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fracture
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): Western Mining News, Aug. 25 , 1975
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby And Jones, 1923, USGS Bulletin 732, 156 P
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