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Copper Smith

Occurrence in Missoula 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094283
MRDS ID D003873
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Smith

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4868, 46.9046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 6 MILES SSW OF LOTHROP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 023W 10 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/4 FROM PETTY CREEK ALONG EDS CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4868, 46.9046
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Petty Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 8 , P. 41

  • Deposit

    1957 COMPILE MBMG, BULL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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