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Silver Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tin, Antimony, Cadmium
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013213
MRDS ID D009392
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.05369, 46.17906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1926
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILES BM 7538, 500 Ft Radius, 500 Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Tin Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AG 1000 PPM, PB GT 20,000 PPM, ZN GT 10,000 PPM, CU 1000 PPM, SB 2000 PPM, CD 500 PPM, SN 200 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Mount Shields
    Rock description Mount Shields
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.05369, 46.17906
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 40M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, TEST PITS AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL DISTURBED AREA GREATER THAN 150 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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