Wood Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence No. 2

The Wood Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence No. 2 is a mine located in Lewis and Clark county, Montana at an elevation of 5,499 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Wood Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence No. 2

State: Montana

County: Lewis and Clark

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 47.47222, -112.86611

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Wood Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence No. 2 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wood Creek Lead-Zinc Occurrence No. 2

Commodity

Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Montana
County: Lewis and Clark

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wood Creek Hogback

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: L
Description: South Fork Thrust Zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ANALYSIS SHOWS 0.4% PB AND 0.75% ZN

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): S. SIDE OF WOOD CREEK, SSW. OF S. END OF AIRPORT

Comment (Deposit): OCCURS IN NARROW NW-TRENDING BELT OF WEAK PB-ZN MINERALIZATION ABOUT 30 MI. LONG, RELATED TO SOUTH FORK THRUST ZONE

Comment (Geology): SANDSTONE IS BASAL UNIT OF HELENA DOLOMITE

References

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 27

Reference (Deposit): MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., AND KLEINKOPF, D., 1968, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN

Reference (Deposit): PART OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK RANGE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 1252-E, P. 27

Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOCHEM MUDGE, M.R., ERICKSON, R.L., KLEINKOPF, D.: BULL. 1252-

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.