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Joe Maurice Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094650
MRDS ID D010494
Record type Site
Current site name Joe Maurice Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02312, 45.60545 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 16.4 MI 583W OF MELROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maurice Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(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 003S 012W 01 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MI E OF MAURICE MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1978

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02312, 45.60545
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pioneer Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • LOWER WORKINGS - 1 CAVED ADIT (EST. 75-FT LONG) ON N 7 E LINE. 10 0 FT NW IS SHAFT, OPEN 20-FT. 100 FT NW OF SHAFT IS CAVED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUMPS SHOW ALTERED LIMESTONE WITH MAGNETITE LAYERS, FE-ST, AND MI NOR CU ST.

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

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