Mine detail: Whitedelf Mine

Previously called 'Pearlvein, Badgelymiddlevein, Pugh Vein, SouthandersonveinJames E. White TunnelNorquist Tunnel.'

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Location

Lat / long:

48.1632, -116.20105

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Silver
Secondary:	Copper, Gold, Zinc, Antimony
Tertiary:	Cadmium
Ore:	Boulangerite, Bournonite, Galena, Meneghinite, Pyrargyrite, Semseyite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR/PINCH & SWELL
Discovery year:	1926

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1926

Geology

Host rock:	Mid Wallace Form-Shales, Argillite, With Some Calcareous Shaley Siltites And Quartzites
Host type:	Silt,Quartzite
Structure:	On Broad W. Limb Of Syncline With Axis In Montana, Heavy Zones Of Gouge, Wide Branching Shears; Near Hope Fault. Pre- And Post-Mineralization Faults. Several Nne To Ne Faults Cut The Veins. Wallace Strikes N 5-35 Deg W, Dips 15-35 Deg Ne.
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Sericitization, Oxidation

References

MRDS	M060176
DEP	10103876
Reference	{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L. 1947, GEOLOGY OF THE LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-B, P. 85-93}{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C.N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT NO. 6, P. 89-90}{Deposit:: LORAIN, S.H. 1946, CLARK FORK LEAD-ZINC DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RPT. INV. 3992}{Deposit:: HARRISON, J.E. AND JOBIN, D.A. 1963, GEOLOGY OF THE CLARK FORK QUADRANGLE, IDAHO-MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1141-K. 38 P.}{Deposit:: 5) ANDERSON, A.L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 12, 132 P.}{Deposit:: 6) ZARTMAN, R.E., AND STACEY, J.S., 1971, LEAD ISOTOPES AND MINERALIZATION AGES IN BELT SUPERGROUP ROCKS, NORTHWESTERN MONTANA AND NORTHERN IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 66, P. 849-860.}{Deposit:: 7) ANDERSON, A.L., 1946, LEAD-ZINC MINERALIZATION IN THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 41, NO. 2, P. 105-123.}{Deposit:: 8) WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974-75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR *LENE DISTRICT) AND WASHINGTON, P. 127.}{Deposit:: 9) STARMONT, L., 1929 , CLARK FORK AND LAKE PEND OREILLE: MINING TRUTH, V. 14 , NO. 8 , P. 7 - 9 , 16 .}{Deposit:: 10) LAHEIST, B. A., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - SMELTER BYPRODUCTS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 194 - 199}{Deposit:: LORAIN, S.H.,1946,CLARK FORK LEAD-ZINC DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY,IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 3992, 10P.}{Deposit:: 1926 DIREXPL WHITEDELF MINING AND DEVEL CO.}{Deposit:: 1940 GEOLMAP A.L. ANDERSON, USGS BULL. 944-B}{Deposit:: 1940 JAMES E. WHITE, LESSEE}{Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL USBURMINES REPT INV 3992}{Deposit:: 1957 GEOLMAP HARRISON AND JOBIN, USGS BULL. 1141-K}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , USGS BULL. 944 - B. ANDERSON, A. L., 1930 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 12 . SPOK. CHRON., FEB. 5 , 1969 .}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P., Miller, Pat J.