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R and M #1 Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Arsenic
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094281
MRDS ID D003846
Record type Site
Current site name R and M #1 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.11683, 47.44155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 1.75 MI SW OF PENROSE PK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunset Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(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

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 Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020N 028W 35 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG BANK OF WEST FORK OF SWAMP CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT SULFIDE MINERAL CONTENT IS LESS THAN 1 % OF VEIN MATTER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.11683, 47.44155
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Plunging Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike N 47 W
    Dip 37 SW
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swamp Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT DRIVEN ALONG THE BEDDING PLANE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 19 .

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL 34 , P. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSIST LARGELY OF A SINGLE BEDDING PLANE VEIN WHICH SOMETIMES SPLITS TO FORM 1 TO 2 FT VEINS SEPARATED BY 6 TO 12 IN LENSES OF WALL ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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