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Copper Ridge Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019027
MRDS ID DC08347
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Ridge Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54713, 47.89181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 1 1/2 MI SW OF CANYON PK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Peak(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

Kootenai 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 025N 031W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF THE WEST FORK OF CANYON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Staining Within Vein

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ACROSS ONE VEIN ASSAYED AN AVERAGE OF 0.23 OZ/TON AU.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54713, 47.89181
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Nw Trending Faults Dipping Steeply Sw.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip 53 SE
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Filling

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE VARIES 0.2 OZ TO .56 OZ AU PER TON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Vermilion River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P. O. Brende

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 248.41M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIVE ADITS 180 , 185 , 80 , 260 & 110 FEET LONG RESPECTIVELY WERE IN EXISTENCE AS OF 1949 .

Comments on development

  • CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED IN THE 1930'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P 51 .

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL 34 , PP 50 - 51 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-05-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS, THREE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN MEASURED. STRIKES AND DIPS ARE: N 50 DEG E, 53 DEG SE; N 10 DEG W, DIPPING STEEPLY NE; N 20 DEG E, 19 DEG NW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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