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Sheep Mountain Prospects

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010816
MRDS ID D004801
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Mountain Prospects
Related records 10294015

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9759, 45.68045 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Relative position 8 AIR MILES SOUTH OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 002S 011W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF NW 1/4, SECTION 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SELECTED VEIN SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.005 OZ AU/TON, 1.85 OZ AG/TON, 0.03 % CU, 0.05 % ZN, AND 5.95 % PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9759, 45.68045
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Limestone Trends N28w, 27sw, And Overlies Belt Rock.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OLD PROSPECT PITS, ONE OF WHICH IS AN INCLINED SHAFT, CAVED AT COLLAR.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH ALTITUDE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 141

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP CONSISTS OF IRON-STAINED WHITE QUARTZ WITH SOME CUBICAL GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1990 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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