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Unnamed Manganese

Past Producer in Beaverhead 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010805
MRDS ID D004787
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53781, 45.1299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 7.5 MI S40E OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillon East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 008W 24 NW OF NW Montana

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53781, 45.1299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Length 67.06M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Solution Cavities

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLE PRODUCTION DURING GOVERNMENT STOCKPILING PROGRAM.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 300-FT. ADIT DRIVEN 545E EXPOSES A SERIES OF VEINS. OTHER WORKINGS ARE TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS AND A SHORT ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 158

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE M.B.M.G. BULL. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE 220 FT. ACROSS IS COMPOSED OF IRREGULAR SOLUTION CAVITY VEINS AND INCOMPLETELY FILLED NARROW CREVICES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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