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Osterly Prospect

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10010762
MRDS ID D004723
Record type Site
Current site name Osterly Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03728, 45.31517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 6 MI. SE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, SW 1/4, SECTION 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03728, 45.31517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Trends N62w, 32sw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pete Piazzola
    Home office Dillon , Mt.
    First year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT ADIT DRIVEN ALONG A N40E LINE

Comments on development

  • ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 75

  • Deposit

    1972 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE PILE BY ADIT CONTAINED RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE WITH COPPER STAIN AND GALENA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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