The Packer Creek Barite Deposit is a mine located in Mineral county, Montana at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.4325, -115.51778
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Packer Creek Barite Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Packer Creek Barite Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Montana
County: Mineral
District: Packer Creek
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: A Major Structural Grain Trends Nw And Is Made Of Subparallel Faults And Folds
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT HOLES.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF BARITE. APPARENTLY BARITE IS RATHER IMPURE.
Comment (Location): PARALLEL TO WEST FORK OF PACKER CREEK
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 1 FT. THICK VEIN
References
Reference (Deposit): CALKINS, F. C. AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540 , P. 195 .
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 02-01-1962
Reference (Deposit): DEMUNCK, V. C. AND ACKERMAN, W. C., 1958 , BARITE DEPOSITS IN MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 22 , P. 21 .
Reference (Deposit): WALLACE, R. E. AND HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956 , RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN MINERAL COUNTY: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1027-M, P. 588 .
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.
