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Mccacran Mine

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Tungsten, Antimony
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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 10015910
MRDS ID DB02197
Record type Site
Current site name Mccacran Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.85008, 46.9035 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15.5 KM SSE OF KERSHAW MOUNTAIN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 013N 010W 10 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 7.0 KM S OF BLACKFOOT CANYON CAMPGROUND. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.85008, 46.9035
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-80 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) 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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