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Sites Table
AIM Id Name Alternate Name District County
LN005998 RAVEN RAINY CREEK LINCOLN
MRDS AMLI MILS Latitude Longitude Datum
300530055 48.4319 -115.4442
Township Range Section QSection UTM Northing UTM Easting UTM Zone UTM Datum
31N 30W 21 5365261 615088 11
Average Elevation Elev Units Land Owner 250K Quad 100K Quad 24K Quad
F KALISPELL LIBBY VERMICULITE MOUNTAIN
Property Type Update Date Who Updated
LODE 12/9/1997 PAH
Commodities Table
Commodities Identified
COPPER
LEAD
SILVER
Agency Info Table
Information
Agency: NF
Region District: R1
Ranger District: LIBBY
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Watershed Code: 17010101
Forest or Resource Area: KOOTENAI
Owner: M
Impact:
Report: This site was screened out because it's location was inaccurate (somewhere in section 21) and the reference to it reported no workings. Quote from Johns (1960, p. 31) .... "The Raven group and the Lucky Mac group include 6 and 8 unpatented claims each respectively in secs. 21 and 28, T. 31 N., R. 30 W. in the Rainy Creek district. The groups were staked by Mssrs. J. D. Daniels, H. C. Daniels, and H. Daniels of Valcour and Libby in 1955. The property is 2 miles southwest of the Zonolite Co. mine. The information has been kindly supplied by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Daniels. Development amounts to a 20-foot adit and 9 bulldozer cuts on a sheared zone. Two pits have exposed a vein paralleling a ridge top. The property is near the contact zone of syenite and Wallace country rock. A sheared zone striking north and dipping 60 degrees E. lies in the SW1/4 sec. 21. The zone is from 8 to 25 feet wide. A short adit is on the structure. Quartz is the most abundant mineral, although some galena, cerussite, chrysocolla, malachite, tremolite, and jasper are present. A sample of the vein material assayed 1.6 percent copper. Approximately a quarter mile east of the sheared zone is a parallel-striking mineralized zone that follows a ridge. Quartz, galena, and fluorite have been observed in radioactive ore from 2 pits. Mr. Daniels states that radioactivity can be traced on the surface for a distance of 1,500 feet along the srike of the vein. Selected specimens assayed 17.0 percent lead and 0.75 ounce silver. Mr. Daniels reports that a specimen from the vein on the ridge assayed 7.5 percent zirconium oxide. The vein and sheared zone is near the contact between the Wallace limestone and syenite. Wallace country rock in the area strikes north and dips 40 degrees E. No production has been reported from the property."
Screening Criteria Table
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Visit: N
Comments: SCREENED OUT: NO WORKINGS REPORTED IN LITERATURE; LOCATION INACCURATE.
Rank Table
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Investigator: P. HARGRAVE
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