Mine detail: Smith Creek Copper Occurrence

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Location: Lewis and Clark County, Montana, United States, North America
Lat / long: 47.38046, -112.67813
dep_id: 10010509
mrds_id: D004251
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Pyrite
work_type: Underground
ore_ctrl: Contact Of Argillite And Diorite Sill
Reporter: Starritt, Bruce C.
hrock_unit: Spokane Formation
hrock_type: Diorite,Argillite
arock_unit: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: South Fork Thrust Zone
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., AND KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 26
  • Deposit:: MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., AND KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK RANGE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 25-2
  • Deposit:: 1968 GEOCHEM MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D.: BULL. 1252-
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