Thompson Falls, Barto

Producer in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107770
MRDS ID D001981
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Falls, Barto

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65102, 47.61654 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR HEAD OF NORTH BRANCH OF PROSPECT CREEK, 19 MILES FROM THOMPSON FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Pass(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

Lolo 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 049N 006E 21 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 40% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65102, 47.61654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Burns Dist.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED USGS FILE DATA

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D. E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN U.S.: USGS MR - 20

  • Deposit

    SEE ALSO CRIB RECORD DC11288

  • Production

    UNPUB. USGS FILE DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILVER AND LEAD BYPRODUCTS OF LARGE SCALE GOLD MINING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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