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Copper Creek Molybdenum/Mercury Occurrence

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010520
MRDS ID D004272
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Creek Molybdenum/Mercury Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.75258, 47.08183 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 10 MI. NNW OF LINCOLN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arrastra Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 015N 009W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR JEEP TRAIL ABOUT 1000 FT. W. OF COPPER CAMP, HEAD OF COPPER CK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF ROCK SAMPLE SHOWED 500 PPM MOLYBDENUM AND 10 PPM MERCURY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Helena Dolomite;Spokane Formation;Empire Formation
    Rock description Helena Dolomite;Spokane Formation;Empire Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.75258, 47.08183
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: MUDGE, M.R. AND OTHERS, 1974, USGS BULL. 1385-B, P.52

  • Deposit

    MUDGE, MELVILLE R. AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SCAPEGOAT WILDERNESS, POWELL AND LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1385-B, P. 52, 57, 5

  • Deposit

    1970 COMPILE MUDGE, M.R. AND OTHERS: BULL. 1385-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK SAMPLE FROM COPPER-BEARING QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEIN 4 TO 6 INCHES THICK

Reporter information

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

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

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