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Basin Mine

Occurrence in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019409
MRDS ID DC09960
Record type Site
Current site name Basin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28536, 46.33267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 0.7KM E OF 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;007N 013W;014W 30;25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF CAMP CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.28536, 46.33267
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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

  • General form TABULAR VEINLETS
    Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 111.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS, TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN VEINLETS IN THE BEDDING PLANES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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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