| Deposit ID | 10124309 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013433 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300590061 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Merrimac |
| Alternate or previous names | Cumberland Group |
| Related records | 10105639 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.68833, 46.45961 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2110 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Meagher(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)
Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)
Missouri-Musselshell(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 | Meagher |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 008 N | 008 E | 14 | NWNE | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Unknown |
| Jasper | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -110.68833, 46.45961 |
|---|
| Strike | N20W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1.5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1.5HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1889 |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| District name | Castle Mountain District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Russell Manger |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Montana |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300590061 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013433 | MAS references MRDS |
MEAGHER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS
MBMG BULL 64, 1968
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.