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Carp Mine

Past Producer in Granite 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098063
MRDS ID DC11608
Record type Site
Current site name Carp Mine
Alternate or previous names Carpp Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.43703, 46.03906 (WGS84)
Elevation 2475
Relative position ON RIDE N OF CARPP CREEK 3.2 KM NNE OF CARPP LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carpp Ridge(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 Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003N 015W 02 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • 0.9 KM NNW OF CARPP RIDE SUMMIT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Stained With Copper Carbonate

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shattered Limestone, Silicified And Brecciated Richest In Body Of Quartz Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Anaconda Range Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENT WAS MADE PRE 1907, CARLOAD OF ORE WAS ON DUMP.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1980 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.

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