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Elk Creek Lead-Zinc Claim

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010512
MRDS ID D004256
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Creek Lead-Zinc Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.58563, 47.33323 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 14 MI. SW OF AUGUSTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sun(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 008W 11 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AREA JUST E. OF LEAD GULCH AND N. OF ELK CREEK ON BOTH SIDES OF A SMALL VALLEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS SHOWS AS MUCH AS 10,000 PPM PB AND 1,500 PPM ZN FROM DUMP SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Jefferson Formation;Three Forks Formation
    Rock description Jefferson Formation;Three Forks Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.58563, 47.33323
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Overturned Anticline Between Two Large Thrust Faults In South Fork Thrust Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR MASSES AND PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • THIS DEPOSIT SUGGESTIVE OF A MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE LEAD DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS, A FEW SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 23

  • Deposit

    MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., AND KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK RANGE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 23, 28-2

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOCHEM MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D.: BULL. 1252-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL IRREGULAR MASSES AND PODS OF GALENA IN THE INTRAFORMATIONAL (COLLAPSE) BRECCIA OF THE THREE FORKS FM. AND THE SHATTERED GREY-BROWN FETID DOLOMITE OF THE JEFFERSON FM. OCCURS IN NARROW NW-TRENDING BELT OF WEAK PB-ZN MINERALIZATION ABOUT 30 MI. LONG, RELATED TO SOUTH FORK THRUST ZONE
Deposit PINE TREES IN THE AREA OF KNOWN LEAD MINERALIZATION ARE DWARFED AND MISSHAPED AND THEIR NEEDLES ARE YELLOW GREEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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