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Amazon Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10011231
MRDS ID D005572
Record type Site
Current site name Amazon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02313, 46.28128 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 1MI S OF DANIELSVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pozega Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 011W 07,18 SW OF SE (07); NW OF NE (18) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HIGH ON N FACING SLOPE OF A MT S OF DANIELSVILLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Racetrack Pluton
    Rock description Racetrack Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02313, 46.28128
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mount Powell Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Racetrack Pluton

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 74 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Racetrack (Danielsville) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS NOW CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 84, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 25, 61.

  • Production

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 61.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW FISSURE FILLING VEINS, NEAR THE SURFACE THE FILLING IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ AND LIMONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) 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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