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Bernard Mine

Past Producer in Granite county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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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 10019410
MRDS ID DC09963
Record type Site
Current site name Bernard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.28425, 46.32489 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 2KM SW 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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

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 SE OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • TOP OF THE CLIFF-LIKE SLOPE N OF FROST CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrolusite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 30% MN, HIGH IN SILICA

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.28425, 46.32489
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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 LENTICULAR, POD
    Strike E
    Dip STEEPLY N
    Length 15.24M
    Width 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BERNARD VEIN IS A SMALL DISCONTINUOUS VEIN THAT IS 450 FT S OF THE ALGONQUIN VEIN AND DIPS STEEPLY N.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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