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Slate Creek Mine

Occurrence in Ravalli 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010287
MRDS ID D003885
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -114.12096, 46.07403 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(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 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Covellite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrargyrite Gangue
Tetrahedrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -114.12096, 46.07403
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 E
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With An Aplite Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, YOUNG, CROWLEY, 1962 , MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING, MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 30 , P. 34

  • Deposit

    1962 COMPILE MBMG. BULL 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-80 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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