Freezeout Pass Mine

Occurrence in Mineral county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021349
MRDS ID DC15762
Record type Site
Current site name Freezeout Pass Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.04071, 47.11766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position APPROX 4.5 MI E OF LOST PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illinois Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Mineral

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016N 027W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IN OREGON GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.04071, 47.11766

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Superior District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oscar Hahn
  • Type Owner
    Owner Downs, Willie

Comments on development

  • MINE INACTIVE AS OF 1977 . WAS IN DEVELOPING STAGE AS OF 1972 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, DON C., 1973 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 88 , P. 18 .

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, DON C., 1978 , DIRECTORY OF MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1977 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 107 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1976 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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