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Osage Chief Mine

Past Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Iron
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101926
MRDS ID DB02109
Record type Site
Current site name Osage Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Crissman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.24506, 46.65046 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.0 KM NNW OF AUSTIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Austin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 005W 04 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • S OF COPPER HILL MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $20/TON AU-CU-FE ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison Group
    Rock description Madison Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.24506, 46.65046
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Intrusive Contact With Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Austin District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. S. Corr

Comments on the production information

  • $10,000 IN AU-CU-FE ORE BETWEEN 1910-1912. ORE WORTH $20/TON

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN CUT AND SHORT INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL ORE SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND WITHIN 20 FT. OF SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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