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Pilgrim Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Bismuth
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10019028
MRDS ID DC08349
Record type Site
Current site name Pilgrim Prospect
Alternate or previous names Holbert Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.88242, 47.93209 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 6.5 MI SW OF NOXON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gem 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 033W 08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI SE SOUTH FORK OF PILGRIM CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.88242, 47.93209
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Holliday Fault (Strikes Nw) Ne Trending Syncline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK STRIKES SLIGHTLY NE AND DIPS 60 DEG NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilgrim Creek District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 883.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS IN 1926 CONSISTED OF 3 TUNNELS 200 , 700 AND 2000 FT LONG. AS OF 1960 ONLY ONE ADIT WAS ACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • IN THE LATE 1910'S 6 CLAIMS WERE HELD BY THE PRINCETON MINING CO. IN 1926 IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CABINET RANGE COPPER MINING CO. WAS DOING DEVELOPMENT WORK ON 18 CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 23 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-13-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MINERALIZATION WAS ENCOUNTERED IN A 1961 EXAMINATION OF ACCESSIBLE WORKINGS. SULFIDE MINERALS WERE VERY SCARCE ON THE DUMP.

Reporter information

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

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