| Deposit ID | 10173202 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930035 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Rising Star |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.54839, 46.0296 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1878 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Butte North(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003 N | 008 W | 12 | SWNWNW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -112.54839, 46.0296 |
|---|
| Strike | E00W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 90S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 302M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 162M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.09HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Anaconda Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall depth | 120M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930035 |
ANON NO DATE RISING STAR UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE RISING STAR IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MINGANESE DEPOSITS. A CONPLETE EVALUATION OF THE BUTTE MANGANESE DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQUENCE NO. 0300930224. THE TONNAGE PRESENT IN THE RISING STAR IS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF BUTTE MN DISTRICT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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