Wolverine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149116
MAS/MILS ID 0300770056
Record type Site
Current site name Wolverine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.39059, 46.433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 006 W 20 SWNWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.39059, 46.433

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 61M
    Length 61M
    Width 0.6M
    Area 0.8HA
    Depth to top 1.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Strike And Dip N70W:80N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) .8
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES ARE FROM 700, PRODUCTION STATISTICS. TONNAGES ARE ESTIMATES OF INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL 98,P 16,51

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL,1963,USGS BULL.1151,PL.1

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 49,1965 P 34

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 95,1974 P 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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