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Unknown Ag Mine E of S Fork Cottonwood Creek

Occurrence in Deer Lodge county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Arsenic, Barium-Barite
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013227
MRDS ID D009412
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Ag Mine E of S Fork Cottonwood Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.62728, 46.19907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 2.2 KM SE OF DRY COTTONWOOD GUARD STATION.

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 008W 08 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE OF S FORK ON TOP OF A SMALL HILL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1959)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 30 PPM AG; 500 PPM AS; GT 5000 PPM BA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.62728, 46.19907
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Comments on the geologic information

  • 0,17 ACRES DISTURED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orofino District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED ADIT, TEST PITS ONE IS 12 FT IN DIAMETER AND THE OTHER IS 18 FT IN DIAMETER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FIELD REPORT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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