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Wenger #2

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Manganese, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019004
MRDS ID DC08156
Record type Site
Current site name Wenger #2
Alternate or previous names Wegner #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27092, 46.32906 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF CLIFF GULCH, 1/2 MILE SE PHILIPSBURG.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Philipsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Flint-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 013W 30 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • IT IS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE MANGANIFEROUS AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40-43% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Hasmark Formation
    Rock description Hasmark Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27092, 46.32906
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Philipsburg Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust

Ore body information

  • Length 12.19M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Associated With Quartz Vein That Has Yielded Considerable Ag Ore.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hans G. Scheffele

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM FILES

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 725, P. 173.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 10, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-81 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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