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Boeing Prospect

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008975
MRDS ID D001553
Record type Site
Current site name Boeing Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.30506, 46.6499 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.5MI BY ROAD W OF AUSTIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 006W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PIPE LINE AND RAILWAY NEAR PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Lead Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.30506, 46.6499
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, IRREGULAR, BANDED
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 70-80 SW
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Austin District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 26.21M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, WINZE, CROSSCUT, PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NW CORNER OF A PIT 3 FT WIDE, 6 FT WIDE AT TOP, 7 FTIN HEIGHT, FLUORITE IN SE WALL OF OPEN CUT NE OF WINZE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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