Mine detail: Lawrence Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 48.14709, -116.16076

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Lead
Secondary: Copper, Antimony, Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Sericite, Siderite
Orebody form: PINCH AND SWELL

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1903

Geology

Host rock:Striped Peak Form.-Argillite And Siltite With Some Shale;Wallace Form.-Calcareous Shales, Quartzite, Argillites
Host type:Argillite
Structure:On Broad W. Limb Of Syncline Whose Axis Is In Montana. Hope Fault Nearby., Several Post - Mineral Faults (12 Ft Plus) Have Disturbed The Veins, But Ore Disturbed Little And Only Thin Selvage Gouge Exists.
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:Outcrops Heavily Stained With Fe And Mn Oxides

References

MRDSW007734
DEP10105566
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 12, 132 P.}{Deposit:: SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.}{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, LEAD - SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, BONNER COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944 - B, 117 P.}{Deposit:: USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, ID., 61 P.}{Deposit:: 5) LORAIN, S. H., 1946, CLARK FORK LEAD - ZINC DISTRICT, BONNER CO., IDAHO: USBM RI 3992, 10 P.}{Deposit:: 6) WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974-1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR *LENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 127.}{Deposit:: 1913 DIREXPL LAWRENCE MIN. & MILLING CO. LTD; 50 TON CONCENTRATOR}{Deposit:: 1923 DIREXPL LAWRENCE CONSOLIDATED MINING CO.}{Deposit:: 1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12 {{1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6 {{1975 COMPILE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1974 ACTIVITY LIST}{Deposit:: 1947 OTHER A. L. ANDERSON, BULL. 944 - B}{Production:: ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , USGS BULL. 944-B}
ReporterMiller, Pat J.