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Dustan and Protection

Prospect in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10197777
MAS/MILS ID 0300890123
Record type Site
Current site name Dustan and Protection
Alternate or previous names Daniels Mine, Iron Clad Mine, Dustan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.56288, 47.46128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1072
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Camas Prairie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Flathead(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 020 N 023 W 29 W2W2SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.56288, 47.46128
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, 1976, STATUS OF MINERAL

  • Deposit

    RESOURCE INFORMATION FOR THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERTATION,

  • Deposit

    MONTANA: ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-22, P.32-36

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY,F.A., 1963, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT

  • Deposit

    FUELS), SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 34, 58 P.

Comments on the references

  • ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-22. COPIES OF THE REPORT CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE PUBLIC EITHER THROUGH THE BIA OR THE FLATHEAD TRIBAL HEADQUARTERS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A VEIN ON THE DUSTAN CLAIM CONTAINED 16 PERCENT COPPER, AND 2 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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