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Copper Cliff Mine

Past Producer in Missoula county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10270170
MRDS ID W014719
MAS/MILS ID 0300630006
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Cliff Mine
Related records 10071375

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.45513, 46.80879 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Missoula(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Union Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Missoula

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012 N 015 W 11 C N2SW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • Political location in record is Missoula county. Lat/long fall in the same county but MRDS location-problem GIS test found a location problem, probably because it is 450m from the Granite county line. Original coordinates were: lat/long NAD27 46-48-32N 113-27-14W (46.80889 -113.45389); UTM N5186640 E312785 Z12; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Montana Principal, TWNSHP 012N, RNG 015W, Sect 11, Sect_fract <blank>. The duplicate record 10071375 has very similar coordinates. The Copper Cliff mine is shown on the Union Peak quad. Geonames lat/long is 46.8079860 -113.4545269 (464829N 1132716W). Both this record and the duplicate are located about 150m S of the Geonames topo sheet location. However, since the Location Accuracy is said to be 10 meters, no change was made.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.45513, 46.80879
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 95, 1975, P. 20

  • Deposit

    MBM G MEM 20, 1940 P.83

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-96 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 07-AUG-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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

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