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Copper City

Prospect in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10123991
MRDS ID FS00248
MAS/MILS ID 0300070190
Record type Site
Current site name Copper City
Alternate or previous names Pennsylvania Mine, Pennsylvania Mill Site, Schreiner Mine, Dunbar Property
Related records 10022782

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.54335, 45.9816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1451
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Three Forks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jefferson(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 N 001 E 25 SWNWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.54335, 45.9816
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 2000M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Strike And Dip N60W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 811230

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl C. Schreiner
    Home office Washington
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 7592, P. 53-54.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 100, 1976, P. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CORE DRILL HOLES-OKEEFE DRILL- ING OF BUTTE,MONTANA PROPERTY SOLD TO RANCHING INTERESTS AND ACCESS TO MINE BY PE N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-92 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

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