Gold King Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10019036
MRDS ID DC08376
Record type Site
Current site name Gold King Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46185, 47.85987 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 4.5 MI SE SILVER BUTTE PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seven Point Mountain(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

Kootenai 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 024N 030W 04,09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF VERMILION RIVER A SHORT DISTANCE NW OF AJAX PLACER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46185, 47.85987

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description A General Structural Grain Of Northward Trending Faults Which Are Parallel To Subparallel To Folds.
Type of structure Local
Structure description A Post Mineral Fault Marked By About 1 In Of Gouge, Cuts The Vein.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 37 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 1 FT. QTZ VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Discoverer Ed Moreland

Mining district

District name Cabinet Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phil F. Leison

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on development

  • ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM. GROUND RELOCATED BY PHIL F. LEISON IN FEBRUARY 1961 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , P. 33 .

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 126 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-11-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMOUNT OF ORE WITHIN VEIN IS SMALL.
Deposit ALBERT THAYER REPORTED THAT A GALENA VEIN A FEW INCHES WIDE CROPPING OUT A FEW HUNDRED FT NE OF THE ADIT HAS BEEN COVERED BY BANK SLOUGHING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. (Miller, Patsy) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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