Description
Wm. A. D. Bell; Alfred Chamberlain
Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryGold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR-PINCH AND SWELL
Ore controlFissures
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · St. Regis Formation;St. Regis Formation;Revett Formation;Revett Formation;Wallace Formation;Wallace Formation;Wallace Formation
Associated rockLamprophyre
StructurePurcell Trench To The North, Packsaddle-Johnson Fault, Spider Fault
Tectonic settingPlatform Hingeline
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1894 INTERMITTANT TO 1926
First production1875
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10099666
MRDS IDW002479
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates47.91597, -116.43022
References
SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY; IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 6, 1967, P. 128SAMPSON, EDWARD, 1928, GEOLOGY AND SILVER ORE DEPOSITS OF THE PEND OREILLE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 31, P. 25ROSS, C. P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, P. 2631963 DIREXPL FEDERAL RESOURCES CORP. NEGATIV