Woods Creek Copper Mine

Past Producer in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294305
MAS/MILS ID 0300810028
Record type Site
Current site name Woods Creek Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.33404, 45.56878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot 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 Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 022 W 17 SESESE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTIONS 16, 20 AND 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.33404, 45.56878

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leroy Sargent
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED FOR EVALUATION OF COLUMBIUM AND TANTALUM IN WFOC MEMO OF 4/27/79 BUT DATA BASE DOES NOT INDICATE THESE COMMODITIES ARE PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL. 100, 1976, P22

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL. 95, 1975, P23

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SECS 16, 20 AND 21

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Spear, James M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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