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Little Creek Copper Prospect

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010513
MRDS ID D004257
Record type Site
Current site name Little Creek Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.15311, 47.00351 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 28 MI. NNW OF HELENA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Roberts Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014N 004W 06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N. SIDE OF MIDDLE FORK OF LITTLE CREEK ABOUT 40 FT. ABOVE STREAM LEVEL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Spokane Formation;Empire Formation
    Rock description Spokane Formation;Empire Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.15311, 47.00351
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT THAT IS NOW FILLED WITH WATER AND INACCESSIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, ROGER G., 1979, ROCKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOLF CREEK AREA, LEWIS AND CLARK AND CASCADE COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1441, P. 65

  • Deposit

    SCHMIDT, ROGER G., AND STRONG, CEYLON P. JR., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBERTS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ977

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON R.G. SCHMIDT: BULL. 1441

  • Deposit

    1972 GEOLMAP R.G. SCHMIDT, C.P. STRONG: MAP GQ977

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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