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Koski Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094579
MRDS ID D009596
Record type Site
Current site name Koski Mine
Alternate or previous names Lower Kirkendal Adit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.09313, 46.49517 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position W OF KIRKENDAL MINE, AND LOWER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009N 012W 34 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S OF WASA MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Kootenai Formation
    Rock description Kootenai Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Blackleaf Formation
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasa-Shamrock Fault, Dunkleberg Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Wasa-Shamrock Fault, Royal Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip 65-70E

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANTICLINE HAS A NORTHWARD TREND AND PLUNGE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dunkleberg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5014, P. 15, FIG. 3, 4A, 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A FRACTURED, FAULTED, AND MINERALIZED ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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