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Boulder Chief Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic, Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019379
MRDS ID DC09893
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Chief Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.21032, 46.33046 (WGS84)
Elevation 2292
Relative position 3.8KM NW OF COMET.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boulder(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007N 005W 27 SW OF NE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • N OF MT THOMPSON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result IRON-STAINED QUARTZ CONTAINED 0.016% EQUIVALENT URANIUM AND 0.010% URANIUM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite(Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Volcanics
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite(Boulder Batholith);Elkhorn Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.21032, 46.33046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colorado (Corbin-Wickes) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John H. Shober, Helena, And Margaret Evans.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAD, SILVER, AND COPPER WAS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1913-1917.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 5.79M

Comments on the workings information

  • HORSE WHIM WAS USED AND ONCE IT HAD A GRAVITY CONCENTRATOR. SHAFT (CAVED), CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS, PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16, P. 24.

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 428, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC 277, P. 7.

  • Production

    USGS PP 428

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1981 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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