Unknown Ag Occurence Ne of Blizzard Hill

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Cadmium
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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013217
MRDS ID D009398
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Ag Occurence Ne of Blizzard Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.56756, 46.25684 (WGS84)
Elevation 2219
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.8 KM NE OF BLIZZARD HILL., Radius Of 750 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugarloaf Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(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 Jefferson
United States Montana Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006N 008W 23 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)
  • Political locations for the record are Deer Lodge and Jefferson counties. Lat/long plots in Jefferson, so it was promoted to first place to solve the location problem.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AG 50 PPM, PB 10,000 PPM, ZN 10,000 PPM, CU 1000 PPM, CD 200 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.56756, 46.25684

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orofino District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 4.57M
    Overall width 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • TEST PITS APPROXIMATELY 5 FT DEEP AND 15 FT CIRCUMFRENCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.10 ACRES DISTURBED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Bishop, Blaskowski, Michael J. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 25-JUL-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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