| Deposit ID | 10010256 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003845 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Johnny Miller Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | Miller Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.08739, 47.44182 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1646 |
| Relative position | 2.5 MI E OF PENROSE PK. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sanders(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sunset Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower 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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Sanders |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 020N | 027W | 31 | SW OF SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Arsenic Critical | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.001 OZ/TON AU, 0.07 OZ/TON AG, 1.10 % PB & 0.825 % AS |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Belt Series Intrusives | ||||||||
| Rock description | Belt Series Intrusives | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| Rock unit name | Prichard Formation |
| Rock description | Prichard Formation |
| (1) | -115.08739, 47.44182 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Nw Plunging Anticline (Swamp Creek) With Steep Overturned Beds. |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Diabase Dike |
| General form | PODS, BLEBS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 35 DEG W |
| Dip | 70 DEG SW |
| Length | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1905 |
| District name | Swamp Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Montana Coeur D'Alene Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003845 |
SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 34
CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , PP. 18 - 19 .
WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 608 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO NARROW QUARTZ VEINS ARE EXPOSED AT SURFACE AND CONTAIN ONLY A FEW SCATTERED GRAINS OF GALENA. SPECIMENS ON THE DUMP CONTAIN IRREGULAR BLEBS OF SIDERITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA AND HEMATITE. IN GENERAL, PODS OF ORE ARE RARE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1979 | Rojstaczer, Stuart A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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