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Bearpaw Mtns

Occurrence in Blaine county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008985
MRDS ID D001576
Record type Site
Current site name Bearpaw Mtns

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.50082, 48.24992 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big John Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rocky Boy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Havre(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Milk(hydrologic unit)

Milk(hydrologic accounting unit)

Milk(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Blaine
United States Montana Hill
United States Montana Chouteau

Comments on the location information

  • Political location in record is Hill and Chouteau counties. However, lat/long plot in Blaine county. Original coordinates are lat/long NAD27 48-15-N 109-30-W (48.25 -109.5); UTM N E Z. The lat/long appear rounded to the nearest 15 minutes. Geonames coords for Bearpaw Mtns are 48 12 30N, 109 31 03W. The record lat/long does fall within the Bearpaw Mountins. The mountains extend across Choteau, Hill, and Blaine counties. Reference not online. It is unlikely the reference will have any location information on this occurrence. Blaine county was added to the record and promoted to first place.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.50082, 48.24992
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PEPPERBERG, L.J., 1909, NOTES ON THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BEARPAW MTNS., MONT.: USGS BULL. 430, P. 135

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Fisher, Fred S. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 23-JUL-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

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

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