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Big Chief Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019547
MRDS ID DC10798
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Mine
Related records 10221505

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.36921, 45.9824 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MI SW OF DELMOE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Delmoe Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(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 003N 006W 28,29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • SE/4 OF SECTION 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.36921, 45.9824
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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
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pipestone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Butte East Slope Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 16

  • Deposit

    1960 RECON MONT. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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