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Miller Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019031
MRDS ID DC08362
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81742, 47.9757 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 2.3 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

Noxon(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 026N 033W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI N OF PILGRIM CREEK,

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTENT DERIVED FROM MINERALIZED SPECIMENS WITHIN DUMP.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81742, 47.9757
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ARGILLITE IS FINE GRAINED, WEATHERS BROWN TO LIGHT TAN AND DISPLAYS RIPPLE MARKS AND MUD CRACKS CALCITE IS OF SECONDARY ORIGIN FILLING VOIDS AND CRACKS WITHIN THE VEIN QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Miller

Mining district

District name Pilgrim Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WAS BY TWO ADITS; THESE ARE CURRENTLY CAVED IN AT THE PORTAL. SIZE OF DUMPS INDICATES ABOUT 700 FT OF WORKINGS IN EACH ADIT

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

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

Beyond USGS

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

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