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Glacier Silver-Lead

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246083
MAS/MILS ID 0300530013
Record type Site
Current site name Glacier Silver-Lead
Alternate or previous names Lukens-Hazel Mine, Hazel T.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.59713, 48.30407 (WGS84)
Elevation 881
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

Little Hoodoo 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)

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 029 N 031 W 05 NWNESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.59713, 48.30407
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 61M
    Length 91M
    Width 1M
    Area 9HA
    Depth to top 46M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60W:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 9
    Date of Last Modification 830316

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 Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Saint Regis Paper Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 79, 1970, P. 90.

  • Deposit

    U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 956, 1948, P. 112.

  • Deposit

    ZARTMAN AND STACEY, 1971, ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 66, NO. 6,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, P. 852.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRADE IN MATRIX FROM ASSAY OF GRAB SAMPLE FROM DUMP TONNAGES IN MATRIX ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR, SEE BACKUP

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

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