Broadway

Prospect in Meagher county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Lead, Manganese, 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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10269975
MAS/MILS ID 0300590042
Record type Site
Current site name Broadway

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -110.68363, 46.45381 (WGS84)
Elevation 1972
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Meagher(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Town(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ringling(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Musselshell(hydrologic unit)

Musselshell(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Musselshell(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Meagher

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008 N 008 E 14 NWNESE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Cody and Frontier Formations

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 55E
    Thickness 25M
    Length 92M
    Width 28M
    Area 2.5HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N10E:55E
    Minimum Depth to Top 2
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2.5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Castle Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Smokeless And Sootless Coal Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 64, 1968, P. 55-56

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7540, 1950, P. 19

  • Deposit

    MBMG MEM 13, P. 50

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 7589, P. 35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-98 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Wmj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references