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Nugget Mine

Prospect in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010243
MRDS ID D003827
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.44097, 47.14655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 4 MI W OF SQUAW PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCormick Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N;016N 022W;023W 18;13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI UP KENNEDY CREEK FROM NINEMILE COMMUNITY HALL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Ravall Group
    Rock description Ravall Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.44097, 47.14655
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Striking Faults, One Of Which Is A Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nine Mile District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Frank Morbeck
  • Type Owner
    Owner Nugget Mining Co

Comments on development

  • MINE UNDERWENT DEVELOPMENT DURING 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUGGET MINE COULD BE A NEW NAME FOR THE LOST CABIN GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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