| Deposit ID | 10270073 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0300930019 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Goldsmith |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -112.54699, 46.0324 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1881 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Silver Bow(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)
Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)
Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Silver Bow |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montana Principal | 003 N | 008 W | 12 | NWNWNW | Montana |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Rhodochrosite | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Wad | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -112.54699, 46.0324 |
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| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 150M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Butte District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0300930019 |
ANON NO DATE,UNPUB MANUSCRIPT USBM
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE GOLDSMITH IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS. A COMPLETE EVALUATION OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQ. NO. 0300930224. THE TONNAGE PRESENT IN THE GOLD- SMITH WAS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRICT BECAUSI THE ORE OCCURS IN VEINS LESS THAN 1 METER THICK WHICH IS INACESSABLE BY THE PROPOSE UNDER- GROUND MINING METHOD. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 10-JUN-98 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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