Copper Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013625
MRDS ID D010025
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Lode Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bonanza Prospect, Manley Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.94869, 46.31461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 KM OF BOHN LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Powell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 011W 35 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH EDGE OF MARBLE PARK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1967)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE UP TO 0.51% CU
Result 0.7 OZ/TON AG, 0.18% ZN
Result THE DIABASE CONTAINED 0.051% CU
Result QUARTZ VEIN HAS 0.3 TO 0.4 OZ/TON AG, 0.03% CU, 0.04% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Racetrack Pluton
    Rock description Racetrack Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Helena
    Rock description Helena
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.94869, 46.31461

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 22 W
    Dip 60 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Flint Creek Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 16 FT ADIT 50 FT BELOW THE RIM AT THE S EDGE OF MARBLE PARK. 150 FT LOWER IS ANOTHER ADIT

Comments on development

  • MINERALIZED ZONE IS NOT WELL ENOUGH EXPOSED TO PERMIT A RESOURSE ESTMATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1902; 1973
Deposit SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 50 TO 60 W. COPPER, SILVER AND ZINC ARE CONCENTRATED LOCALLY ALONG SHEARED ARGILLITE ZONE ADJACENT TO METASEDIMENTS ADJACENT TO INTRUSIVE DIABASE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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