St Paul

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10245771
MAS/MILS ID 0300530102
Record type Site
Current site name St Paul

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.63603, 48.20737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1457
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowshoe Peak(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)

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 028 N 032 W 12 NESENW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tetrahedrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.63603, 48.20737

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 90M
    Length 150M
    Width 0.5M
    Depth to top 4M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Libby District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES IN MATRIX 1 ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE FROM SNOWSHOE DUMP GRADE AND TONNAGE IN MATRIX 2 FROM 703 TONNAGE IN MATRIX 1 ESTIMATE OF INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS,1970,MBMG BULL.79,P.90

  • Deposit

    GIBSON,1948,USGS BULL.956,P.117

  • Deposit

    ZARTMAN AND STACEY,1971,ECON.GEOLOGY,VOL.66,P.852

  • Deposit

    UNPUB MBMG FILE DATA (ENG.REPORT BY TEDROW,1968)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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