| Deposit ID | 10101931 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB02134 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Justice Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Clementha Mines, Justice-Clementh Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.28339, 46.47323 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | IN MINNEHAHA GULCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lewis and Clark(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Three Brothers(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(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)
Federal lands
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Lewis and Clark |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008N | 005W | 06 | W2 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Arsenic Critical | Tertiary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Tetrahedrite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Result | RADIOACTIVITY ON ONE SPOT ON JUSTICE DUMP WAS .026 MR PER HOUR. FIVE TIMES BACKGROUND LEVEL, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL NOT IDENTIFIED |
|---|
| 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) | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -112.28339, 46.47323 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Boulder Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Fault Zone Trending Northeast, Dip 70-80 Nw |
| Width | 1.83M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Rimini District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 487.68M |
| Overall depth | 45.72M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB02134 |
USGS BULL 1151, P. 110
USGS BULL 1151, P. 110-11.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINERALS IN VEIN CRUSHED BY POST MINERALIZATION MOVEMENT ALONG FAULT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1979 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1981 | Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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