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Gold Hill

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010479
MRDS ID D004149
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47852, 47.95515 (WGS84)
Elevation 339
Relative position 2.5 MI N OF SILVER BUTTE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Butte Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fisher(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
025N 030W 04 NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Strike NW
    Dip 45NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ HAS THIN SEAMS OF PYRITE AND SPHALERITE WITH LESS GALENA, VERY LITTLE CHALCOPYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1200 FT OF DEVELOPMENT IN 4 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 956,1948,P.89

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPEN CUTS REVEAL SEVERAL QUARTZ BED VEINS, VEINS 7 TO 14 INCHES THICK, 98 PERCENT QUARTZ

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

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