Illinois-Mountana Group

Prospect in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10148438
MAS/MILS ID 0300530106
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois-Mountana Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.52962, 48.01907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howard Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fisher(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 026 N 031 W 13 C NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.52962, 48.01907

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 15E
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N20W:15E
    Date of Last Modification 820810

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1902
    Description 1000 Tons Of Ore In 1902 Produced

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 956, 1948, P.94

  • Deposit

    SEE MPF FOURTH OF JULY SEQ NUMBER 224

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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