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Swiss Prospect

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold
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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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094612
MRDS ID D010021
Record type Site
Current site name Swiss Prospect
Alternate or previous names Blue Ribbon No. 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.06841, 46.34517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.5 MI S OF POWELL MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pozega Lakes(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 007N 012 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE S OF POWELL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40.7 OZ/TON AG, 0.89% CA, 0.03 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.06841, 46.34517
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPARSE QUARTZ VEINS ARE PROBABLY SURFACE EXTENSIONS OF THE STRUCTURE PREVIOUSLY FOLLOWED BY POWELL MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1959
Discoverer Larry And Dennis Mclane

Mining district

District name Boulder District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. T. Smith

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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