The Willis Creek Prospect is a mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.05778, -112.17028
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Willis Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willis Creek Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Eldorado Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF WILLIS CREEK.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, ROGER G., 1979, ROCKS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE WOLF CREEK AREA, LEWIS AND CLARK AND CASCADE COUNTIES, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1441, P. 66-67
Reference (Deposit): SCHMIDT, ROGER G., AND STRONG, CEYLAR P. JR., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROBERTS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS MAP GQ977
Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON R.G. SCHMIDT: BULL. 1441
Reference (Deposit): 1972 GEOLMAP R.G. SCHMIDT, C.P. STRONG: MAP GQ977
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.
