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White Cloud

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048503
MRDS ID MP00093
Record type Site
Current site name White Cloud

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41208, 47.26766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1164
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI SOUTHWEST OF DIXON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McDonald(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 017N 022W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION. LOCATION GIVEN IN CROWLEY, 12,500 FT NORTHWEST OF PINE CONE CLAIM, PUTS THIS PROSPECT FAR OUTSIDE THE DEFINED BOUNDARY OF THE DISTRICT. IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN IS OFF BY A FACTOR OF 10. IF DESCRIPTION IS CORRECT, CLAIMS ARE MUCH FARTHER TO NORTHWEST THAN INDICATED HERE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT. IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE COMMODITIES ARE THE SAME AS THOSE AT THE DRAKE MINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Series, Ravalli Group, Burke Formation
    Rock description Belt Series, Ravalli Group, Burke Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41208, 47.26766
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGY IS PRESUMED TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF DRAKE MINE (MRDS WO26566)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION FROM PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, P. 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS PRESUMABLY SIMILAR TO DRAKE MINE; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: REVAIS CREEK CU-AU-PGE.
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS W026566.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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