Cook Prospect

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098497
MRDS ID M060194
Record type Site
Current site name Cook Prospect
Alternate or previous names Arrowhead Lease
Related records 10294530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60093, 46.73739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES NW OF RAVENNA, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ravenna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011N 016W 03 NE OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.0MI N OF BONITA. W SIDE OF CRAMER CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Wad Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result LODE MATERIAL 11 TO 30% MN, 3 TO 8% FE 1 TO 9% CAO TRACE AU & AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60093, 46.73739

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High Angle Reverse Fault Trending Nw And Dipping 50 Deg. Sw Separates Precambrian And Cambrian Rock.
Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Reverse Fault Is Sw Limit Of Ore

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR-IRREGULAR
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Bed In Cambrian Limestone Overlain By Marker Zone Of Interbedded Shale And Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Discoverer A.B. Cook
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Garnet Range Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pioneer Corp. Of Idaho
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41 % Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 41wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNTS SHIPPED 1917 & 1918.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE TREATED IN HEAVY-MEDIA SEPARATION PLANT AND JIG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 8, P. 15, 32

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.