Libby, Snowshoe

Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107697
MRDS ID D001505
Record type Site
Current site name Libby, Snowshoe

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53436, 48.24987 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cable Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 029N 031W 23,14 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53436, 48.24987

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GIBSON, R., 1948, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LIBBY QUADRANGLE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 956, P. 69-70

  • Production

    GIBSON, 1948, USGS BULL. 956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. IS A GENERAL POINT FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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