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Atlas Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013929
MRDS ID D010493
Record type Site
Current site name Atlas Mine
Related records 10269153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02423, 45.66822 (WGS84)
Elevation 2170
Relative position 9.4 MI S24W OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 002S 012W 13 SW OF NE OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF CLIFFORD CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Jefferson
    Rock description Jefferson
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02423, 45.66822
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT, CAVED AT PORTAL (1972) DRIVEN S 82 E. 150 TONS OF BLACK L IMESTONE AND VEIN MATERIAL ON DUMP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 72, P. 145-146

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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