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Santa Rita Group

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019041
MRDS ID DC08391
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rita Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93627, 47.27266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1109
Relative position APPROX. 10 1/2 MI SW OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 026W 32 S 1/2 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY NNW OF THE ABANDONED VILLAGE OF KEYSTONE IN THE KEYSTONE CREEK VALLEY>

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93627, 47.27266
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On North Side Of Osburn Fault Zone Which Trends Nw.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Osburn Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keystone District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Santa Rita Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE DUMPS OF SEVERAL ADITS INDICATE THAT MUCH UNDERGROUND WORK WAS DONE; HOWEVER ONLY PARTS OF A FEW ADITS ARE ACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS-SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, P. 607 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-11-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO VEIN SEEN IN ACCESSIBLE PARTS OF MINE; AN OLD SKETCH MAP OF ONE ADIT INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF 2 VEINS/ONE STRIKES W AND DIPS S AND THE OTHER STRIKES N 40 DEG W AND DIPS 50 DEG SW. EXTENT AND SIZE OF THE VEINS WERE NOT INDICATED, BUT THE PRESENCE OF PB & FE WAS NOTED IN ONE OF THE VEINS.

Reporter information

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

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