Maiden Creek Copper Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010329
MRDS ID D003935
Record type Site
Current site name Maiden Creek Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.15194, 44.86333 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF JEFF DAVIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 011S 013W 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • POINT LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SECTION 23 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.15194, 44.86333

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chinatown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chester A. Given

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAWSON, D. C., 1973 , DIRECTORY FOR MINING ENTERPRISES FOR 1972 , MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 88 , P. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS DEVELOPING

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1980-01-01 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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