Wooden Nickel

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197649
MAS/MILS ID 0300570955
Record type Site
Current site name Wooden Nickel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.41388, 45.5466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Bridges SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 S 007 W 25 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • Political location in record is Madison county. However, original lat/long plots in Beaverhead county. The reference is unpublished and will be difficult to check (see other comment). Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 45-32-48N 113-39-44W (45.5467 -113.6622); UTM N5046911 E292176 Z12N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 003 S, RNG 007 W, Sect 25, Sect_fract <blank>. PLSS coordinates translate to 45.546 -112.413, 1.25 degrees due east of the original lat/long. This falls in Madison county but Google Earth shows it to be residential, possibly agricultural area. Mine is said to be underground so lat/long was changed to agree with PLSS coordinates.



Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.41388, 45.5466

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wooden Nickel Mining Corp
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERY, D.W. MONTANA DIRECTORY - IN PREP.

Comments on the references

  • The abbreviated citation in the reference field is probably: Avery, D.W., Sweeney, T.M., and Satkoski, J., 1989, Principal deposits of strategic and critical minerals in Montana: Spokane, Wash., U.S. Bureau of Mines, unpaginated. (Prepared for publication as Information Circular but never released. A copy is on file at the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, Butte, Mont.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-FEB-1997 Avery, Dale U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 20-NOV-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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