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Bull Frog Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10010258
MRDS ID D003848
Record type Site
Current site name Bull Frog Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69658, 47.51543 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 1 MI E OF GUDDEN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 032W 09 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI E OF IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boulangerite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69658, 47.51543
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip SW
    Width 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Prospect Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Tip Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 179.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS. ONE 580 AND ONE 10 FT LONG. SMALLER ADIT IS THE ONLY ONE WITH VEINS OF ANY ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 PP. 30 - 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A HAPHAZARD SYSTEM OF ORE SHOOTS LOCALIZED ALONG ANY OF A NUMBER OF CLOSELY SPACED, BUT NOT QUITE PARALLEL FAULT PLANES. VISIBLE MINERALIZATION IS SPARSE, ALTHOUGH GALENA FORMS IRREGULAR MASSES UP TO 3 OR 4 IN WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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