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Kennebec Claim

Occurrence in Park county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019164
MRDS ID DC08843
Record type Site
Current site name Kennebec Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.59609, 45.04769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 2.5 MILES SE OF JARDINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ash Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Yellowstone Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009S 009E 14,15 NW OF SW (14); NE OF SE (15) Montana

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BETWEEN SEC. 14 AND 15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.59609, 45.04769
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PARALLELISM OF THE MINERALIZATION IS CONTROLLED BY THE PARALLELISM OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE ENCLOSING SCHIST. ; GEOL.DESC: 1-5 FT. LODE OF GARNETIFEROUS AND CHLORITIC BIOTITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crevasse (Crevice)

Comments on the workings information

  • 360 FT ADIT, 2 70-FT DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SEAGER, G, 1944, GOLD, ARSENIC, AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE JARDINE-CREVASS MTN. DIST., PARK, CO., MONT., MONT. BUR OF MINES AND GEOL., MEM 23, P. 106.

  • Deposit

    WEDOW, H, ET AL, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ABSANOKA PRIM AREA AND VICINITY, PARK AND SWEETGRASS CO, MONT, USGS BULL 1391-B, P. 82, 37

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 05-21-1963

  • Deposit

    1944 COMPILE MBMG. MEM 23

  • Deposit

    1975 GEOCHEM WEDOW, BULL 1391-B

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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