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Timber Tram

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodity Sulfides
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022810
MRDS ID FS00293
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Tram

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.35509, 46.45406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1/2 M SW OF NEGRO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henderson Mountain(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

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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 006W 06 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BUTTE (1958) 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfides Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IS IN A MINERALIZED AREA WITH KNOWN PRODUCTIVE VEINS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CLAIM

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.35509, 46.45406
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1936
Discoverer American Western Mine Inc. Of Montana

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Western Mining Inc. Of Montana

Comments on the workings information

  • A DISCOVERY CUT HAD BEEN MADE IN THE OVER-BURDEN THOUGH BED-ROCK HAD NOT BEEN REACHED (1936)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FS FILES

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL USF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY OF THE AREA IS NOT MENTIONED, BUT THE REPORTED SUSPECTS QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE BOULDER BATHOLITH, POSSIBLY INTRUDED INTO SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Steward, Candis A. U.S. Geological Survey

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