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Prosperity Group

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010432
MRDS ID D004079
Record type Site
Current site name Prosperity Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.8971, 47.28432 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 8.5 MI SW OF PARADISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keystone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 026W 27 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF KEYSTONE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA IS ARGENTIFEROUS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 100T: 600 OZ AG
Result .02 TO .48 OZ AU
Result 10% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.8971, 47.28432
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M
    Length 1066.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Keystone

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Light Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS UP TO 400 FT LONG; 150T BALL AND QUARTZ MILL WITH 2 TABLES, TROUGHER, AND 6 FINISHED CELLS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, MISSOULA, MT.

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 20, P. 84

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, 1911, P. 69

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED VEINLETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Chesson, Sharon A. U.S. Geological Survey

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