| Deposit ID | 10010252 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D003838 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Boston Colby Property |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.5224, 47.41265 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | 0.5 MI W OF SALTESE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Saltese(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Lolo National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 019N | 031W | 15 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Silver | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Wallace Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Wallace Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.5224, 47.41265 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | A General Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of A System Of Subparallel Faults And Folds |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Two Bedding Plane Faults, One Of Which Contains The Ore Bearing Vein, As Well As A Strike Fault |
| Width | 3.05M |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Denemora District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Boston Colby Mining Co. |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 656.84M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D003838 |
CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L. JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO AND, SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 198-199 .
WALLACE, R. E., AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISANCE GEOLGOY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, PL. 48 .
GILBERT, F. C., 1935 , DIRECTORY OF MONTANA MINING PROPERTIES: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MEM. 15 , P. 60 .
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SULFIDES ARE SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED WITHIN VEIN. |
| Deposit | 1914 PUBLICATION STATES THAT JUDGING FROM THE EXISTENCE OF POROUS COPPER-STAINED LIMONITE, THE DEPOSIT MAY HAVE A ZONE OF ENRICHMENT AT DEPTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1979 | Rojstaczer, Stuart A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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