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Churchill Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013930
MRDS ID D010495
Record type Site
Current site name Churchill Mine
Related records 10220730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.87478, 45.77795 (WGS84)
Elevation 1695
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 0.85 MI W OF DEWEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dewey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 010W 05 CENTER OF N2 OF SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • AT HOMESITE 400 FT S OF RT. 43 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Lead Ore
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE OF REPLACEMENT BODY RAN 0.001 OZ AU, 0.20 OZ, 0.20% P6

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.87478, 45.77795
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill-Vipond Park District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. O. Churchill

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 53-FT SHAFT, OPEN (1972), 1 INACCESSIBLE SHAFT, 60-FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 148

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW FE-OX VEINS, 1 7-FT REPLACEMENT BODY OF FE-OX.

Reporter information

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

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

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