Rochester

Past Producer in Cascade county in Montana, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123651
MRDS ID W026531
MAS/MILS ID 0300130065
Record type Site
Current site name Rochester
Alternate or previous names Unity, Unity & Rochester, Moulton Group
Related records 10078276

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.73004, 46.94021 (WGS84)
Elevation 1884
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cascade(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neihart(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Belt(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Cascade

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 014 N 008 E 29 SE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -110.73004, 46.94021

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-34.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY MEMOIR 13, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7589, P. 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO MILL TAILINGS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SITE. THE WASTE ROCK DUMPS HAD ONLY SPARSE VEGETATION. ROCK CREEK WAS UNDERCUTTING THE WASTE DUMP AND FORMED AN UNSTABLE HIGHWALL. NO SAMPLES OF ROCK CREEK WERE COLLECTED. NO OBSERVED RELEASES OR EXCEEDANCES OF DRINKING WATER STANDARDS WERE DOCUMENTED AT THIS SITE. NO DISCHARGING ADITS, SPRINGS OR SEEPS WERE OBSERVED. FOUR HAZARDOUS OPENINGS EXISTED AT THE SITE: PARTIALLY CAVED SHAFTS WITH STEEP SIDES.
Deposit MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0300130043.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references