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White Star Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094770
MRDS ID DC08348
Record type Site
Current site name White Star Prospect
Alternate or previous names Baker Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85964, 47.95237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 4.75 MI SW OF NOXON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noxon(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 025N 033W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI W SOUTH FORK PILGRIM CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85964, 47.95237
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 1-6 INCH QTZ VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pilgrim Creek District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 132.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, 95 AND 340 FT LONG RESPECTIVELY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 23 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-13-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE 1 TO 6 INCHES WIDE; THEY ARE USUALLY VUGGY AND BARREN EXCEPT FOR CALCITE, SIDERITE AND VERY MINOR CHALCOPYRITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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