Synidicate Prospect

Past Producer in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010250
MRDS ID D003835
Record type Site
Current site name Synidicate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56157, 47.46543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3.8 MI NE OF TAFT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 031W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON RAT CREEK, A TRIBUTARY OF WEST FORK PACKER CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SUPPOSEDLY GAVE "HIGH RETURNS" OF AG.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal Bleaching Is Common Along The Fault Zone And Has Been Used As A Guide To Ore Deposits.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ravalli Group
    Rock description Ravalli Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56157, 47.46543

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of Subparallel Faults And Folds.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS OF ORE
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Packer Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 160.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE 225 FT ADIT WITH SEVERAL NORTH TRENDING DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN A BAND 6-8 IN WIDE WITHIN THE 3-6 FT WIDE QUARTZ SIDERITE VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references