Gopher

Prospect in Broadwater 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 10196767
MAS/MILS ID 0300070037
Record type Site
Current site name Gopher

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.66866, 46.171 (WGS84)
Elevation 1426

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radersburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 001 W 24 NENWSE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.66866, 46.171

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 78N
    Thickness 0.8M
    Length 15M
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N65W:78N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 1.4HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.3999
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Radersburs

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM I.C. 7592, P22, 1951 FIG.3

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.