Fisher Group

Prospect in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221702
MAS/MILS ID 0300770012
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.85032, 47.10849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arrastra Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dearborn River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Choteau(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Scapegoat Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 016 N 010 W 27 SESESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.85032, 47.10849

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 43N
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N85W:43N
    Date of Last Modification 830301

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Bear Creek Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUN-92 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.