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Haines Point Silica Deposit

Past Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078299
MRDS ID W026567
Record type Site
Current site name Haines Point Silica Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.58602, 47.65737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF THOMPSON FALLS, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helwick 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 022N 031W 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX LOCATION, BETWEEN LITTLE BEAVER CREEK AND EMMA CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.58602, 47.65737
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description North Of Montana Linament
Type of structure Local
Structure description East West Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 78 DEG SW
    Length 73.15M
    Width 36.58M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike - Like Intrusion Of Quartz

Comments on the geologic information

  • REFERENCE DESCRIBES DEPOSIT AS APPEARING TO BE AN ARCUATE DIKE - LIKE INTRUSION OF MASSIVE QUARTZ INTO METASEDIMENTS OF THE BELT SUPERGROUP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name (Unorganized)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam Parker, John Wittenberg - Missoula, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: APPROXIMATELY 18 MILES FROM A BURLINGTON NORTHERN SIDING AT TROUT CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1972 , SILICA DEPOSITS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, INDUSTRIAL AND REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEPT, RAW MATERIALS RESEARCH SEC. BURLINGTON NORTHERN INC REP. NO. 3 P. 54 - 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRILL HOLES HAVE PENETRATED 40 FEET OF QUARTZ
Deposit REPORTED CHEMICAL ANALYSIS SIO2 99.7 PERCENT, AL2O3 0.02 PERCENT, FE2O3 0.08 PERCENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Mc Kenzie, Craig L.; R. B. Berg U.S. Geological Survey

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