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Woods Creek Copper Mine

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010269
MRDS ID D003861
Record type Site
Current site name Woods Creek Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Copper Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.32733, 45.56794 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF ALTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003S 022W 16,17,20,21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSITS LOCATED ALONG DRAINAGE OF WOODS CREEK LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR APPROXIMATE CENTER OF AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.32733, 45.56794
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 64 NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill Dist

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leroy Sargent
    Home office Darby, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS, PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERG, R. B., 1977 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN MOST RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOLOGY, MEM 44 , P. 34 .

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT BUR. OF MINES & GEOL., BULL 8 , P. 52 .

  • Deposit

    1957 COMPILE MBMG, BULL. 8

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON MBMG, MEM. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE AND DIP IS FOR SHEAR ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

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