Regal Group

The Regal Group is a copper, gold, lead, silver, and zinc mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,999 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: Regal Group

Commodity

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

Location

State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: Clark Fork 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: Grand Silver Mines, Inc.

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: Cabinet Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: On Broad W. Limb Of Large Syncline With Axis In Montana

Type: L
Description: Vein Follows Fault, Larger Sulfide Seams Are On Footwall Side.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY: 21 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: 1.6% CU
Analytical Data: ANOTHER ASSAY SHOWED 38.3 % PB, 2.4 % ZN, 14.3 OZ AG/TON, TRACE AU
Analytical Data: 40% PB

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE AT LEAST 6 BEDDED VEINS WITH ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP, THEY ARE EXPOSED OVER A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET; 1 FISSURE VEIN TRENDS N 45 DEG W AND DIPS 50 DEG SW

Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT DRIFTS

Comment (Geology): PRICHARD FORMATION TRENDS N 35 DEG E, DIPS 17 DEG SE

Comment (Location): W. SLOPE OF GOAT MTN. (SCOTCHMAN PEAK)

References

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 12, 132 P.

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

Reference (Deposit): SANDPOINT NEWS BULL., DEC. 18, 1968.

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

Reference (Deposit): 1927 DIREXPL REGAL MINING COMPANY

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

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

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