| Deposit ID | 10102023 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC11295 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Night Owl Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.92655, 47.26988 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | 13 MI S - SW OF PLAINS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Keystone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 018N | 026W | 33 | SW OF SW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Burke And Revett Formations | ||||
| Rock description | Burke And Revett Formations | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.92655, 47.26988 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Keystone District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | D. W. Alexander |
| Home office | Superior, Mt. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC11295 |
MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 10, 1959, P. 47
YOUNG, F. M., CROWLEY, F. A. AND SAHINEN, U. M., 1962 , MARKETING PROBLEMS OF SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES ENGAGED IN LEAD AND ZINC MINING: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 30 , P. 31 .
CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE ST. REGIS - SUPERIOR AREA MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-I, P. 607 .
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-10-1961
CAMPBELL, A. B., 1960 : US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1082-5, P. 607 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GALENA OCCURS AS INDIVIDUAL GRAINS IN QUARTZ, MOST OF WHICH AVERAGE ABOUT 0.1 MM. ACROSS, BUT SOME SPECIMENS CONTAIN MASSIVE GALENA WHICH IS USUALLY INTERGROWN AND INTERLOCKED WITH SPHALERITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUN-1979 | Rojstaczer, Stuart A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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