A remote site located at the head of Wisdom Creek, a tributary of the St. Joe River, near Illinois Peak. The location is approximately 14.4 miles (23.2 kilometers) southwest of Riverbend, Montana. Most of the prospecting has been done in Montana with a single prospect trench on the Idaho side of the border.
Commodities (Major) - Copper
Development Status: Prospect
Host Rock Unit: Wallace Formation;
Host Rock: Quartzite
Structure: unknown
Alteration: unknown
Deposit Type: Fissure Vein
Tectonic Structure: Belt Basin

Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Copper

List of minerals for each chemical element

Other Databases

Link to USGS MRDS:	10291011

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Belt BasinBasin
Wallace DomainDomain

USA

Montana
- North Montana Thrust BeltBasin

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References

U.S. BUR. MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 3-93, 1993, P. 32, Plate 1.

Unnamed, 1922, 23rd Annual Report of Mining Industry of Idaho for 1921

idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu (n.d.) https://idahogeomap.nkn.uidaho.edu/webmap/WebData/Mines.asp?Operation=Details&IDs=WL0554

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