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Limonite Vein and Nodule Occurrence

Occurrence in Flathead county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019022
MRDS ID DC08335
Record type Site
Current site name Limonite Vein and Nodule Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.7321, 47.94877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1100
Relative position APPROX. 1.2 MI NW OF HUBBART LOOKOUT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hubbart Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Polson(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025N 024W 06 SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • JUST WEST OF HUBBART RESERVOIR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result VEINS AND NODULES ASSAYED ONLY 0.4 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Hog Heaven Volanics
    Rock description Hog Heaven Volanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.7321, 47.94877
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Shroder Creek Fault Trends Nw.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hog Heaven District

Comments on the workings information

  • JOHNS IN 1963 NOTES A "RECENT BULLDOZER CUT".

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: JOHNS, W. M., AND OTHERS: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 36 , P. 58 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., AND OTHERS, 1963 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI - FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 36 , P. 58 , PL. 4 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 04-14-1964

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. 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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