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Okoreka Mine

Past Producer in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069780
MRDS ID W007462
Record type Site
Current site name Okoreka Mine
Related records 10269292

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.24758, 46.141 (WGS84)
Elevation 2313
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5KM S OF SILVER LAKE., .1 Km Radius, .1 Km Radius, .1 Km Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N 013W 33 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF SILVER HILL. 0.3KM NW OF THE SUMMIT OF SILVER HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyromorphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Maywood Formation
    Rock description Maywood Formationt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.24758, 46.141
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cable Stock

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PARALLEL TO BEDDING
    Strike N 5 E
    Dip 32 W
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Gangue

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE STRIKES N 5 E AND DIPS 32 W. CONTACT METAMORPHIC ZONE ON TOP OF HILL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30M

Comments on the workings information

  • WATER BELOW 100FT LEVEL (1906)AN INCLINE DRIVEN DOWN DIP, AND SHORT DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY PARALLEL TO BEDDING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-75 Krohn, Douglas H. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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