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Wood Creek Copper Occurrence

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094320
MRDS ID D004252
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Creek Copper Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86842, 47.47378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 22 MI. W OF AUGUSTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wood Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sun(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 010W 22 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE OF WOOD CREEK. SW. OF THE S. END OF THE AIRPORT AND W. OF AN ABANDONED LOG CABIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWS 2.7% PB AND 1% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Helena Dolomite;Empire Formation;Spokane Formation
    Rock description Helena Dolomite;Empire Formation;Spokane Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.86842, 47.47378
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description South Fork Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 52 DEG W
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thrust Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • SANDSTONE IS BASAL UNIT OF HELENA DOLOMITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED ADIT OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 26

  • Deposit

    MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., AND KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK RANGE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 26

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOCHEM MUDGE, M.R, ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D.: BULL. 1252-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS IN NARROW NW-TRENDING BELT OF WEAK PB-ZN MINERALIZATION ABOUT 30 MI. LONG, RELATED TO SOUTH FORK THRUST ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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