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Copper King Lode

Occurrence in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022777
MRDS ID FS00242
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.54307, 45.98212 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 10 MILES NORTH OF THREE FORKS, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Forks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 001E 25 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY (FROM DISCOVERY CUT): 0.03 OZ AU, 0.3 OZ AG, 1.6% COPPER PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.54307, 45.98212
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION HAS OCCURRED ALONG VEINS OR FRACTURES STRIKING GENERALLY E AND W, ALONG SEVERAL CROSS - FRACTURE ZONES AND ALONG CONTACTS IN PLACES. MINERALIZATION CONSISTED OF COPPER MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Radersburg (Cedar Plains)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Herbert Dunbar

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1949 DIREXPL US BLM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Hunter, Marilyn D. U.S. Geological Survey

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