Buster

Prospect in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, 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. 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 10220906
MRDS ID W007451
MAS/MILS ID 0300010090
Record type Site
Current site name Buster
Alternate or previous names Buster Mine
Related records 10096197

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.88339, 45.3885 (WGS84)
Elevation 2460
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Torrey Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 S 010 W 19 NESWNE Montana

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.88339, 45.3885

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBM & G BULL 100, 1976

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, 1972, P. 88

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BUSTER LODE DISCOVERY SHAFT (PATENTED) IS 1600 FT. NORTH OF PREVIOUS DOCUMENTED LOCATION AT THE SHAFT SYMBOL ON VARIOUS MAPS. THIS "SYMBOL" LOCATION HAS ALSO BEEN REFERRED TO AS THE HUMBOLT MOUNTAIN SITE, PART OF THE LEO CLAIM GROUP AND IN 1993 PART OF THE YELLOW BAND CLAIM GROUP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1994 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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