Black Rock

Plant in Jefferson county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294506
MAS/MILS ID 0300430306
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock
Alternate or previous names Madison

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -112.00758, 46.3866 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jefferson City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic unit)

Upper Missouri(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri-Marias(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 N 003 W 05 C Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -112.00758, 46.3866

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1980
Mining method Combined Methods
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Butte District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bmr Gold Corp.
    Interest 55
    Home office Canada
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stellar Gold Corp.
    Interest 50
    Year 1996
  • Type Owner
    Owner Arkona Resources (5% Nsr)
    Year 1996

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL. 16, 1960, P. 67

  • Deposit

    MBM & G MEM 15, 1935, P32

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 842, 1933, P269

  • Deposit

    RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, U.S. MINES & MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P220.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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