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Smith Mine

Prospect in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096843
MRDS ID D003865
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.19678, 46.44988 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NW OF VICTOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 021W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS SW OF CURLEW MINE (SEC 14).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.19678, 46.44988
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 81 E
    Dip 55 SE
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Curlew Dist.

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Smith
    Home office Victor

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS AND AN ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSDULA AND RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 8 P. 49

  • Deposit

    1957 COMPILE MBMG, BULL

Reporter information

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

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

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