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Unknown Ag Mine Banner Creek.

Occurrence in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Arsenic, Uranium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012377
MRDS ID D007978
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown Ag Mine Banner Creek.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.22727, 46.4324 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6.3 KM SSE OF RIMINI.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chessman Reservoir(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)

Federal lands

Helena-Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 005N 21 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ROAD THAT TRAVELS E OF THE HEAD OF BANNER CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1950)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result 0.65 % URANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Rock description Butte Quartz Monzonite (Boulder Batholith)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.22727, 46.4324
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Boulder Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rimini District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT, SHAFT, SEVERAL PITS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1500-2000 FT E OF CREEK THE VEIN IS THROUGHLY OXIDIZED TO A RED-BRICK SILICEOUS BOX WORK. NO RELATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN CHALCEDONY STRINGERS AND RADIOACTIVITY. W OF THE ROAD THE VEIN IS LARGELY UNOXIDIZED AND CONTAINS MILKY TO BLUE-GRAY QUARTZ, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, AND GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-81 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

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