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Blizzard

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10246062
MAS/MILS ID 0300430072
Record type Site
Current site name Blizzard

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.14148, 46.3607 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Thompson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 004 W 17 NWSWNW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO IN SEC 18

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.14148, 46.3607
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 89E
    Thickness 0.9M
    Length 76M
    Width 31M
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    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 N80W:89E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 6HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colorado

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clarence Renouard
    Interest 99
    Home office Montana
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX GRADE FROM USGS PROF. PAPER 428, P. 75. MATRIX GRADES ARE ASSAYS EXCEPT ZN. ZN GRADE EST. BY EVALUATOR. RES. QUANT. ARE ESTIMATES BY EVALUATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Mcclernan 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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