| Deposit ID | 10102054 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC11917 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Greenstone Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.80339, 45.41296 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2168 |
| Relative position | 15.5 AIR MILES NW OF DILLON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Beaverhead(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Twin Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dillon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Beaverhead |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 005S | 010W | 11 | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Tungsten Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Powellite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Epidote | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pioneer Batholith | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pioneer Batholith | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| Rock unit name | Amsden |
| Rock description | Amsden |
| (1) | -112.80339, 45.41296 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Humbolt Mtn. Anticline-East Flank, Pioneer Batholith |
| Strike | N 10 E |
|---|---|
| Dip | 40 E |
| Length | 243.84M |
| Width | 42.67M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Birch Creek (Utopia) District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | C. Kennedy |
| Home office | Dillon |
| First year | 1972 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | G. W. Farlin |
| First year | 1972 |
| Year | 1950 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^1.2% Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall depth | 73.15M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC11917 |
USGS BULL 574, P. 63.
USBM RI 5552, P. 19-22.
MBMG BULL 85, P. 89-91.
1914 RECON WINCHELL, A.N., U.S.G.S. BULL 574
1960 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, R.I. 5552
1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 82
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TACTITE EXPOSED 480 FEET SOUTH OF GREENSTONE GULCH AND 340 FEET TO THE NORTH. WIDTH ALONG DIP VARIES FROM 25 TO 180 FEET AND AVERAGES 140 FEET. MINERALIZED NW TO NE TRENDING SHEAR ZONES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-JUL-1980 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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