Rosebud Mining Co. Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010494
MRDS ID D004172
Record type Site
Current site name Rosebud Mining Co. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49268, 47.55126 (WGS84)
Elevation 878
Relative position 9 MILES WEST OF THOMPSON FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Table Top Mountain(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 021N 030W 30 SE OF NW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorargyrite Ore
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result OWNER REPORTS IN 1905 THAT THE VEIN CARRIES SOME SILVER CHLORIDE AND OVER $100/TON AU IN THE WEATHERED ZONE AT THE SURFACE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49268, 47.55126

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faults-Which Have A Direct Economic Importance. They Form Channels Of Circulation In Which The Mineral-Bearing Solutions Were Able To Deposit Their Loads. Large Faults Are Not Apt To Contain Economic Deposits As The Smaller Ones.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Snowshoe Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Prospect Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, D. F.; ECONOMIC FEATURES OF NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 285, P.51, 1905.

  • Deposit

    CALKINS AND MCDONALD; A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA, USGS BULL 384, P. 106, 1909.

  • Deposit

    ROWE, J. P.; GOLD QUARTZ MINING IN WESTERN MONTANA, THE MINING WORLD, P 1034, MAY 20, 1911.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL THE METALLIFEROUS DEPOSITS IN THIS REGION ARE VEINS WHICH HAVE BEEN FORMED BY FILLING FISSURES AND REPLACING THEIR WALLS. IN SOME INSTANCES AFTER THE VEIN WAS FILLED MOVEMENT AGAIN TOOK PLACE WHICH SLICKENS, DEP THE VEIN MATERIAL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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