Corbin Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098042
MRDS ID DC08615
Record type Site
Current site name Corbin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.86758, 46.86961 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2000 FT NW OF HIGGENS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nevada Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 013N 010W 21 NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $20/TON AU AND AG (1948)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Newland Formation
    Rock description Newland Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granitic rock

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ogden Mountain Quartz Monzonite

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 16 E
    Thickness 0.25M
    Length 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Big Blackfoot (Ogden Mountain) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Bowin And Others
    Home office Helmville, Mt.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • CAVED 130 FT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 6334, P. 6, 52, 53.

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 98, P. 45.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-80 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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