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Twin Fir Prospect

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090945
MRDS ID D010492
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Fir Prospect
Related records 10124004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.90256, 45.716 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5.6 MI S 20 E OF WISE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vipond Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001S 011W 25 SE OF SW OF SE Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT DUE S OF GREAT WESTERN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGHEST ORE VALUES $40.00 PER TON (1941)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.90256, 45.716
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 90
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Church Hill

Mining district

District name Quartz Hill (Vipond) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 15 TO 20-FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOUDARZI, H., 1941, M.S. THESIS, MT. COLL. OF MIN. SCI. AND TECH., P. 50-51

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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