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Uinta

Past Producer in Silver Bow county in Montana, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10294928
MAS/MILS ID 0300930042
Record type Site
Current site name Uinta
Alternate or previous names Silver Cleft, Vinta

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -112.58809, 46.0068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1704
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Silver Bow(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Butte North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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 Silver Bow

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 003 N 008 W 15 NESWSW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -112.58809, 46.0068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 30M
    Width 61M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N80E:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 0.19HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) .19
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Butte District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • DEPOSIT HAS BEEN A MINOR PRODUCER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANON NO DATE VINTA-SILVER CLEFT UNPUB USBM MANUSCRIPT

  • Deposit

    MPF 41.18 AND 41.83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE UINTA IS ONE OF 39 BUTTE MN DEPOSITS. A COMPLETE EVALUATION IS AVAILABLE UNDER SEQ. NO. 0300930224. THE TONNAG PRESENT IN THE UINTA IS NOT USED IN THE PROPOSED DEVEL- OPMENT OF THE BUTTE MN DISTRICT BECAUSE THE ORE OCCURS IN VEINS LESS THAN 1 METER THICK WHICH IS INACCESSABLE BY CONVENTIONAL UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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