Horizon Basin

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Reserves and resources
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10400182
Record type Site
Current site name Horizon Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66803, 48.07387 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elephant Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Libby(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(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)

Cabinet Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 200
USGS model code Unassigned
Deposit model name Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Mark3 model number 64

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66803, 48.07387

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Noxon

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1998
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper 0.6 wt-pct Copper Major 1998
  • Type In-situ
    Name Cu
    Estimate year 1998
    Total resources 85000mt ore
  • Type In-situ
    Name Ag
    Estimate year 1998
    Total resources 930mt ore

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    Kirkham, 1989

  • Reserve-Resource

    T. Henricksen, written commun., 1998

Beyond USGS

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