Sylvanite

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008984
MRDS ID D001575
Record type Site
Current site name Sylvanite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85104, 48.66654 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sylvanite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yaak River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kalispell(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yaak(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85104, 48.66654

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F.C., AND MACDONALD, D.F., 1909, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 384, P. 102

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 956, PP. 69-70

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAT. AND LONG. 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.