Mitchell Copper Prospect

Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019793
MRDS ID DC11550
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Copper Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.38732, 46.70822 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medicine Tree Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 014W 17,18 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.38732, 46.70822

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIN FILMS, DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Garnet Range Area

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: 2 CARLOADS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ARMSTRONG, F.C., 1946, WRITTEN COMM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FURTHER WORK NOT RECOMMENDED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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