Giant Sunrise

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities 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 10294408
MAS/MILS ID 0300530089
Record type Site
Current site name Giant Sunrise
Alternate or previous names Montana Sunrise

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.92544, 48.38317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1131
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

Troy(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 030 N 034 W 10 NENENE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.92544, 48.38317

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60M
    Length 60M
    Width 0.3M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 6
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES FROM 701,UNDERGROUND ASSAY TONNAGES ESTIMATED BY INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 956, 1948, P. 101-102.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 12, 1959, P. 45-46;

  • Deposit

    PLATE 8.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 79, 1970, P. 100.

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.

External references