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Old Dominion Prospect

Occurrence in Flathead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091633
MRDS ID DC08353
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dominion Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.39209, 47.98432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 3 MI N OF LAKE MARY RONAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Mary Ronan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flathead Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Flathead 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 Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 026N 022W 26 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF TRUMAN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.39209, 47.98432
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Plunging Anticline Approx. 1 1/2 Mi To The E

Ore body information

  • General form VUG FILLS
    Width 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN THE SMALLER VEINS THE QUARTZ IS SHATTERED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gary Volmer

Comments on the workings information

  • VEINS ARE EXPOSED BY A ROADCUT

Comments on development

  • TWO CLAIMS WERE LOCATED ON OCT. 8 , 1960 , OLD DOMINION NO. 1 AND OLD DOMINION NO. 2 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1964 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 42 , P. 49 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 146 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 11-29-1971

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY TRACES OF CU AND AG EXIST. THREE QUARTZ VEINS ARE EXPOSED, THE WIDEST OF WHICH STRIKES NW. THE OTHER TWO STRIKE NE AND E RESPECTIVELY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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