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Clark Mine

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015927
MRDS ID DB02220
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.40561, 46.51212 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 5.7 KM SE OF ELLISTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elliston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 006W 19 SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF LITTLE BLACKFOOT RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOIL SAMPLE GRID DONE BY ROBERTSON (1956A, P. 25) INDICATED THAT THE DEPOSIT IS APPROXIMATELY 200 FT. LONG. ROBERTSON STATED THAT THE DEPOSIT TRENDS NW BUT HIS SOIL GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALY MAP INDICATES A SW TREND.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Rock description Elkhorn Mountain Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.40561, 46.51212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 1.37M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS COMPOSED OF BLEACHED ANDESITE FRAGMENTS CEMENTED BY PYRITE, QUARTZ, SPALERITE, TETRAHEDRITE AND GALENA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT OF UNKNOWN EXTENT AND SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MBMG BULL 98, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT TYPE CLASSIFIED BY ROBERTSON (1956 B, P. 272) . THICKNESS OF BRECCIA INCREASES WITH DIP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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