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Bozo-Zobo Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012864
MRDS ID D008847
Record type Site
Current site name Bozo-Zobo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.50226, 45.12823 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 8.8 MI S47E OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillon East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 007W 19 NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE N OF AXES CANYON ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Talc Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.50226, 45.12823
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME TALC UNSUITABLE DUE TO MN-STAIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1965

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Chemet Corp.
    Home office Helena, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 25-30 FT WIDE, 50 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    M.B.M.G. MEM. 45, 1979, P. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPROX. 50% OF MARBLE IN CUT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY TALC.
Deposit PRODUCED 8, 000 STORE IN MID-60'S. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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