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Ripple Lake Prospect

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094638
MRDS ID D010426
Record type Site
Current site name Ripple Lake Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55981, 45.93322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 22.4 MI N13W OF WISDOM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kelly Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Anaconda Pintler Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002N 016W 11 CENTER OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 300 FT NW OF RIPPLE LK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result BEST OF 9 SAMPLES HAD TR AU, 0.2 OZ AG/ST, 0.047% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Mt Shields
    Rock description Mt Shields
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.55981, 45.93322
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anaconda Range

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 CAVED ADIT, 6 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MIN RES OF ANACONDA PINTLAR WILDERNESS, USGS MF MAP AND PAMPHLET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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