| Deposit ID | 10015918 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02208 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blackfoot Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blackfoot Gold Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.8473, 46.86378 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 2.2KM W OF OGDEN MOUNTAIN. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Powell(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Nevada Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Powell |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 013N | 010W | 22 | SW OF SE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock description | Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| Rock unit name | Newland Formation Argillite |
| Rock description | Newland Formation Argillite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite |
| (1) | -112.8473, 46.86378 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 396.24M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02208 |
MBMG BULL 98, P. 43, 44, 67
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEIN IS LOCALLY VUGGY AND ALSO SPLITS INTO STRINGERS THAT EITHER COALESEE OR DIE OUT IN THE WALL ROCK. NATIVE GOLD OCCURS WITH LIMONITE |
| Deposit | LARGEST MINE IN BIG BLACKFOOT DISTRICT BOTH IN DEVELOPEMENT AND PRODUCTION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-80 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-81 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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