Conjecture Mine

The Conjecture Mine is a mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,173 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Conjecture Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc

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

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Mineral Management Inc
Company ID: 1000411
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1980

Owner Name: Conjecture Mines Inc
Company ID: 1000411
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1894
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Stibnite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Argentite
Unknown: Arsenopyrite
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Pyrargyrite
Unknown: Rhodochrosite

Comments

Comment (Location): SEC 26 & 27 53N, R W, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO. APPROX 3 MILES SOUTH OF LAKEVIEW, IDAHO.

References

Reference (Deposit): KUN 1974 IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOL PAMPH 156

Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE 1967 IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOL COUNTY REPT 6

Reference (Deposit): BELL 1906 7TH ANN REPT ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO: BOIS

Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD 1905 USGS BULL 285 P 41-52

Reference (Deposit): SOPER 1918 MINING AND SCI PRESS V 116 P 125

Reference (Deposit): KUN 1970 MS THESIS UNIV OF IDAHO MOSCOW, IDAHO

Reference (Deposit): CALKINS AND MACDONALD 1909 USGS BULL 384

Reference (Deposit): MSHA RPT DATED SEPT 1980.

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