| Deposit ID | 10087101 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D004727 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Kent Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Wing, Bannack Chief |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.95033, 45.18712 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2048 |
| Relative position | 2.5 MILES NNE OF BANNACK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bannack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 007S | 011W | 33 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Tellurium Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anglesite | Ore |
| Bindheimite | Ore |
| Cerargyrite | Ore |
| Covellite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Jamesonite | Ore |
| Linarite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 1908 ORE SHIPMENT ASSAYED: 0.09 OZ AU/TON, 29.7 OZ AG/TON, 1.5% PB. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Intrusive Rhyolite | ||||||
| Rock description | Intrusive Rhyolite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Madison |
| Rock description | Madison |
| (1) | Granitic rock |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Limestone Strikes North And Dips 35w. |
| General form | PIPE-LIKE, TABULAR, IRREGULAR SHOOTS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 80 E |
| Dip | 70 N |
| Length | 51.82M |
| Width | 3.05M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1864 |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| District name | Blue Wing District |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D004727 |
USGS BULL 574, P. 69-71.
MBMG BULL 6, P. 29-34.
1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL. 574
1931 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 6
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS WHICH OUTCROPPED AT SURFACE HAVE BEEN MINED, BUT LITTLE SEARCH HAS BEEN MADE FOR NEW DEPOSITS. SHENON (1931) SUGGESTS PROSPECTING ALONG THE MARBLE-LIMESTONE CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Deposit | ATTITUDE GIVEN IS TREND OF LIMESTONE FISSURE VEINS. NUMEROUS ORE BODIES HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND WORKED. (SEE SHENON, 1931) |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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