Johnny Mack Prospect

The Johnny Mack Prospect is a lead mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho.

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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

Name: Johnny Mack Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Kootenai

Elevation:

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 47.5894, -116.62670

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Johnny Mack Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Johnny Mack Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Beauty Bay 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface/Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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: BANDED


Structure

Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Description: Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Biotitization


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite


Comments

Comment (Location): 1.5 Mi Above The Silver Tip

Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Biotitization

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): Large, Thomas, 1943, Science, V 98, No 2556, P560-561


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