Thumper Lode #1

Producer in Gallatin county in Montana, United States with commodity Mica
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10293936
MRDS ID W014652
MAS/MILS ID 0300310021
Record type Site
Current site name Thumper Lode #1
Alternate or previous names Mica Creek Deposit
Related records 10071322

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -111.15583, 45.45911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gallatin(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garnet Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Gallatin(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Custer Gallatin 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 Gallatin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 004 S 005 E 30 NENESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -111.15583, 45.45911

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF STATE LANDS. ABANDONED HARDROCK MINES

  • Deposit

    PRIORITY SITES, SUMMARY REPORT, MARCH 1994, P. 5-57.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULLETN 20, 1960, P. 13.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY IC 20, 1957, P. 15.

  • Deposit

    MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 75,

  • Deposit

    P. 54.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975, MONTANA INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 32.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors NO MILL TAILINGS WERE OBSERVED AT THIS SITE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. NO DISCHARGING ADITS WERE OBSERVED AT THE SITE; HOEVER, A GROUNDWATER SEEP WAS LOCATED AND SAMPLED. NO MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVELS WERE EXCEEDED IN THE SEEP. AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO MICA CREEK WAS LOCATED EAST OF THE SITE; HOEVER, THE STREAM WAS NOT SAMPLED DUE TO THE LACK OF A DEFINED RUNOFF PATHWAY FROM THE SITE AND THE LOW METALS CONCENTRATIONS IN THE POTENTIAL SOURCE. ONE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS ADIT OPENING AND TWO HIGHWALLS WERE IDENTIFIED AT THE SITE. NO ELEMENTS WERE ELEVATED SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE BACKGROUND CONCENTRATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-NOV-1994 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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