Broken Bottle

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Chromium, Copper, Antimony
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013211
MRDS ID D009389
Record type Site
Current site name Broken Bottle
Alternate or previous names Congdon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64899, 46.13267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1.44 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDICINE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Emerine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004N 017W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 300 PPM AG, 2000 PPM PB, 500 PPM ZN, 700 PPM CR, 700 PPM CU, 1000 PPM SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64899, 46.13267

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sapphire Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND SEVERAL TEST PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL DISTURBED AREA 1 ACRE SIZE OF DUMP 0.5 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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