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Helen Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090048
MRDS ID D004248
Record type Site
Current site name Helen Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26761, 47.69989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 43 MI. WNW OF AUGUSTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Flathead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pagoda Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Swan Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Flathead National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Bob Marshall Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Flathead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 023N 013W 33 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON HELEN CREEK TRAIL WHERE IT TURNS FROM A NORTHEASTERLY TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. PRECISE LOCATION UNCERTAIN. TOWNSHIP, RANGE, AND SECTION INFERRED LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26761, 47.69989
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNS, WILLIS M., 1964, PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS IN THE KOOTENAI - FLATHEAD AREA, NORTHWEST MONTANA. 6. SOUTHEASTERN FLATHEAD COUNTY AND NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 42, P. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURRENCE WAS NOTED AS FLOAT ONLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Starritt, Bruce C. U.S. Geological Survey

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