Copper Mtn

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008967
MRDS ID D001539
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Mtn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91771, 48.3832 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Troy(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 030N 034W 01,12,02,11 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91771, 48.3832

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEMUNCK, J.C. AND ACKERMAN, W.C., 1958, BARITE DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. 22, P. 22-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BARITE ASSAY - 92.1% BASO4, 0.35% SIO2; LAT. AND LONG. IS GENERAL FOR AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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