Wigwam Creek

Past Producer in Madison county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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 10294622
MAS/MILS ID 0300570019
Record type Site
Current site name Wigwam Creek
Alternate or previous names Wigwam, Black Crow

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.77945, 45.1841 (WGS84)
Elevation 1744
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Varney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ennis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Madison(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 007 S 001 W 31 NWSWNW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.77945, 45.1841

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1M
    Length 15M
    Width 23M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N20E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.09HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .09
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cherry Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bar Seven Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Montana
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE,1918 USGS BULL 690F P.133-137

  • Deposit

    MITCHELL,ORIG & OCC BLK MN IN MT. MS THESIS MONT TECH P.3-8

  • Deposit

    DEPOSIT ALSO IN NE 1/4 SECTION 6, TWP. 007S RANGE 001W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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