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B & G Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10172908
MRDS ID DC10564
MAS/MILS ID 0300430064
Record type Site
Current site name B & G Mine
Alternate or previous names Eagle's Nest, P. P. Bland
Related records 10019465

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.90087, 46.4121 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clancy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 002 W 31 NWNWNE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.90087, 46.4121
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 61M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 14M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N80E:90
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.9HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .9
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clancy District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Champion Inc.
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AU, AG, PB AND CU GRADES FROM PROD. STATS, IN MBMG BULL. 16, P. 17-18 RES. QUANT. EST. BY EVALUATOR. ZN GRADES EST. BY EVALUATOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Mcclernan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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