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Laura Apex Group

Prospect 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021355
MRDS ID DC15774
Record type Site
Current site name Laura Apex Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.2974, 47.85876 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX. 20 MI SE OF TROUT LAKE, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vermilion Peak(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 024N 029W 02,11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ravalli Group
    Rock description Ravalli Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.2974, 47.85876
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cabinet District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Donald C. Cripe And Others
    Home office Route 1, Box 929-B, Libby,Mt 59923

Comments on development

  • BULLDOZER CUTS WERE MADE AT OR NEAR THE CURRENT SITE IN 1956 OR 1957 . MINE WAS UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT WORK IN 1972 AND 1977 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , P. 33 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 22 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1977 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 , P. 20 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BULLDOZER CUTS EXPOSED AZURITE AND MALACHITE STAINED HOST ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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