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Unnamed Quartz-Limonite Occurrence

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Montana, United States with commodities Sulfides, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10091632
MRDS ID DC08340
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Quartz-Limonite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.2774, 47.93681 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 0.75 MI N OF MILLER LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miller Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fisher(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 025N 029W 12 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • VEINS EXPOSED IN ROADCUTS ON THE J. NEILS - BAY HORSE CREEK ROAD FROM EAST FISHER RIVER TO MCGINNIS CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfides Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEINS IN THIS AREA ARE CHARACTERIZED BY SMALL AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND OTHER BASE METALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.2774, 47.93681
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone Strikes Eastward.

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 84NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3 FT. QTZ LIMONITE VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONT. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 29, 1962, P. 33

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINLETS TO 1 FT IN WIDTH IN A 15 FT SHEAR ZONE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MAIN VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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