Oro-Highland

Prospect in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221639
MAS/MILS ID 0300530101
Record type Site
Current site name Oro-Highland
Alternate or previous names Highland Silver Group, Oro Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.63383, 48.49487 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scenery Mountain(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 032 N 032 W 36 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.63383, 48.49487

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YOUNG,ETAL,1962,MBMG BULL.30,P.29

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, ETAL, 1962, MBM&G BULL 30, P29.

  • Deposit

    URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN US REGION, MINOBRAS, 1977,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SIZE PRECLUDES FURTHER CONSIDERATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.