| Deposit ID | 10019036 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC08376 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gold King Prospect |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.46185, 47.85987 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 823 |
| Relative position | 4.5 MI SE SILVER BUTTE PASS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Sanders |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 024N | 030W | 04,09 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Prichard Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Prichard Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -115.46185, 47.85987 |
|---|
| 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. |
| Strike | N 37 DEG W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 50 DEG NE |
| Thickness | 0.3M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1949 |
| Discoverer | Ed Moreland |
| District name | Cabinet Mining District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Phil F. Leison |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 9.14M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC08376 |
JOHNS, W. M., 1962 , GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 29 , P. 33 .
JOHNS, W. M., 1970 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF LINCOLN AND FLATHEAD COUNTIES, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 79 , P. 126 .
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 01-11-1963
| 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 |
| 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 |
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