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Hautilla Prospect

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019054
MRDS ID DC08417
Record type Site
Current site name Hautilla Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4443, 47.1496 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4 MI W OF SQUAW PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCormick 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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N 023W 13 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON KENNEDY CREEK, 1/2 MI UPSTREAM FROM LOST CABIN GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 3.5 % CU, 0.7 OZ/TON AG AND 0.03 OZ/TON AU. DUMP ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 6.94 % CU, 0.01 % ZN, 0.83 OZ/TON AG AND 0.01 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4443, 47.1496
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 68 NE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 0.8 OZ AG, 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 7% CU, 0.01% ZN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nine Mile District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oliver Hautilla

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE ADIT; ADIT WAS INACCESSIBLE DURING A MID-1950'S EXAMINATION OF THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , PP. 38 - 39

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 07-03-1963

  • Production

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 8 , PP. 38 - 39 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONSISTS OF SEAMS OF ARGILLITE WITH SEAMS OF QUARTZ AND CHALCOPYRITE PARTLY OXIDIZED NEAR THE SURFACE
Deposit STILL PROD. 1953 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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

Beyond USGS

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

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