Sheila Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019080
MRDS ID DC08506
Record type Site
Current site name Sheila Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23563, 46.15461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MILE S OF TRIGGER MINE ON E SLOPE OF GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 28 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson Limestone
    Rock description Jefferson Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23563, 46.15461

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Cockrell And Others
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM REP INVES 5612, P. 2, 27, 29, 32

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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