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Arlington Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010257
MRDS ID D003847
Record type Site
Current site name Arlington Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.70991, 47.55348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 3/4 MI S OF THOMPSON PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 021N 032W 28 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 SE OF IDAHO-MONTANA BORDER. ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF GUDDEN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.70991, 47.55348
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-S Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike N 13 W
    Dip 64 SW
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRRHOTITE VISIBLE ONLY WITH AID OF MICROSCOPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name Prospect Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arlington Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN THE 1900'S TWO ADITS HAD BEEN DRILLED. AS OF 1961 , ONE ADIT WAS ACCESSIBLE FOR 1300 FT; THE OTHER WAS CAVED.

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY OF MINE MUST HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE EARLY 1900'S. BY 1910 THE MINE WAS INACTIVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 30

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IS VERY SPARSE CONSISTING OF A FEW QUARTZ PODS AND LENSES WITHIN THE SHEAR ZONES AND MINOR 1 - 2 INCH QUARTZ VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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