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Silver Prospect

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094564
MRDS ID D009394
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.07397, 46.22128 (WGS84)
Relative position 0.4 MILES EAST OF GARRITY CAVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 012W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Varying Grades Of Contact Metamorphism

Analytical data

Result AG 300 PPM, CU 2000 PPM, PB 20,000 PPM, SB 1500 PPM, ZN 5000 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.07397, 46.22128
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lost Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 9 SHAFTS, 2 ADITS AND MANY TEST PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTURBED AREA 10 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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