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Unknown Cu Occurence Sw of Cottonwood Mt.

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013224
MRDS ID D009407
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Cu Occurence Sw of Cottonwood Mt.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.66061, 46.21434 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.7 KM NW OF DRY COTTONWOOD GUARD STA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deer Lodge(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orofino 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 Deer Lodge

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005N;005N 008W;009W 06;01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF DRY COTTONWOOD GUARD STA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2000 PPM CU; 10 PPM AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Boulder Batholith
    Rock description Boulder Batholith
    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) -112.66061, 46.21434
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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

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADITBEARING N85W. DUMP SIZE IS 50X50X10 FT. CABIN AND OTHER BUILDINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 0.25 ACRES DISBURBED ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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