The Elk Creek Lead-Zinc Claim is a mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.33333, -112.58472
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Elk Creek Lead-Zinc Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elk Creek Lead-Zinc Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Horse Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR MASSES AND PODS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Overturned Anticline Between Two Large Thrust Faults In South Fork Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ANALYSIS SHOWS AS MUCH AS 10,000 PPM PB AND 1,500 PPM ZN FROM DUMP SAMPLES
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Location): AREA JUST E. OF LEAD GULCH AND N. OF ELK CREEK ON BOTH SIDES OF A SMALL VALLEY
Comment (Deposit): PINE TREES IN THE AREA OF KNOWN LEAD MINERALIZATION ARE DWARFED AND MISSHAPED AND THEIR NEEDLES ARE YELLOW GREEN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): SMALL IRREGULAR MASSES AND PODS OF GALENA IN THE INTRAFORMATIONAL (COLLAPSE) BRECCIA OF THE THREE FORKS FM. AND THE SHATTERED GREY-BROWN FETID DOLOMITE OF THE JEFFERSON FM. OCCURS IN NARROW NW-TRENDING BELT OF WEAK PB-ZN MINERALIZATION ABOUT 30 MI. LONG, RELATED TO SOUTH FORK THRUST ZONE
Comment (Geology): THIS DEPOSIT SUGGESTIVE OF A MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE LEAD DEPOSIT
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PITS, A FEW SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS
References
Reference (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. 23, 28-2
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOCHEM MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D.: BULL. 1252-
Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 23
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
