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Bonanza Group Barite Mine

Occurrence in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010248
MRDS ID D003832
Record type Site
Current site name Bonanza Group Barite Mine
Alternate or previous names Gildersleeve Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.03599, 47.03571 (WGS84)
Elevation 1693
Relative position 13 MI SW OF SUPERIOR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mineral(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illinois Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo 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 Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 015N 027W 29 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT A SWITCHBACK ALONG A ROAD WHICH FOLLOWS SNOWSHOE GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.03599, 47.03571
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description General Structural Grain Of Nw Striking Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cedar Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Montana Barite Co. (Duane L. Reber, Mgr.)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fern And George Gildersleeve

Comments on development

  • MINE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE AT LEAST AS FAR BACK AS 1957 . DEVELOPMENT BEGAN ANEW IN THE MID 1970'S. MINE WAS INACTIVE AS OF 1977 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. 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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