Mount Shasta

Prospect in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Iron, Lead
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10293648
MAS/MILS ID 0300070234
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Shasta

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.72946, 46.1738 (WGS84)
Elevation 1573

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Radersburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 005 N 001 W 21 NES2 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Wulfenite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.72946, 46.1738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N89E
    Dip 85N
    Width 0.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Strike And Dip N89E:85N
    Date of Last Modification 820825

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908

Mining district

District name Radersburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. C. Smith
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1977
    First year 1910

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROADWATER COUNTY COURTHOUSE RECORDS

  • Deposit

    GEO.RELATION OF ORE DEP.IN ELKHORN MTNS,STONE USGS B-470 191

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.