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Moose Lake District

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000354
MRDS ID D009563
Record type District
Current site name Moose Lake District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.52872, 46.05549 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position WHERE THE MIDDLE FORK OF ROCK CREEK MEETS COPPER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Granite

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL
  • (Local) SERICITIZATION
  • (Local) SERPENTINIZATION
  • (Local) SILICIFICATION
  • (Local) PYRITIZATION

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.52872, 46.05549
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description IDAHO BATHOLITH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1898
Year of first production 1907

Mining district

District name MOOSE LAKE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS-USBM MINERAL YEARBOOKS

Beyond USGS

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

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