Montana · Sanders County
Plant

Rock Creek Project

Sanders County, Montana, United States
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSediment-hosted Cu, Revett
Model200: Sediment-hosted Cu, Revett
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Silver, Covellite, Tetrahedrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · BELT SUPERGROUP - RAVALLI GROUP - REVETT FORMATION
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
Discovery year1963
Identification
Deposit ID10294559
Alternate namesChicago Peak ProspectChicago Peak, Rock Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates48.07937, -115.67773
References
AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFING COMPANY (ASARCO). ROCK CREEK PROJECT - PLAN OF OPERATION. SUBMITTED TO THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, MAY 21, 1984, 42 PP.BALLA, J. C. ASARCO MANAGER, NORTHWESTERN EXPLORATION DIVISION. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, 1984. AVERY, D.W. MONTANA DIRECTORY.HAYES, T. THE RELATION BETWEEN STRATABOUND COPPER-SILVER ORE AND REVETT FORMATION SEDIMENTARY FACIES AT SPAR LAKE, MONTANA, IN MT BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. SPEC. PUBL. 90, 1984, PP. 65-67.JAYNE, D. I., AND STEBBINS, S. A. THE TROY MINE. UNPUBL.MAS REP., WESTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, SPOKANE, WA, AUGUST 1984.PAY DIRT MAGAZINE. ASARCO, U.S. BORAX LOOKING STRONG IN CABINET WILDERNESS WORK. INTERMOUNTAIN ED., JAN. 1984 P. 28A.SANDERS COUNTY LEDGER. ROCK CREEK PROJECT. JUNE 21, 1984, P. 6,7.U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. UNPUBL. DATA, 1984.WELLS, J. D., D. A. LINDSEY, D. M. KLEINKOPF, BANISTER, D. P R. D. WELDIN, ZILKA, N. T., AND SCHMAUCH, S. W. MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CABINET MOUNTAINS WILDERNESS, LINCOLN AND SANDERS COUNTIES, MONTANA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. OFR 78-327, 1978, 99 PP.WESTERN MINE ENGINEERING, MINING COST SERVICE, 1984.RM PAYDIRT, WILDERNESS MINES. FEB., 1988. P.12A.Boleneus, D.E., Appelgate, L.M., Stewart, J.H., and Zientek, M.L., 2005, Stratabound Copper-Silver Deposits of the Mesoproterozoic Revett Formation, Montana and Idaho; USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005?5231, cuag_deposit.txt.MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 129, 1991,WALLACE MINER. WALLACE, IDAHO. ROCK CREEK PROJECT. FEB.,4, 1988, PP. 10A,11A.