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Blackfoot Mine

Producer in Lewis and Clark county in Montana, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019116
MRDS ID DC08646
Record type Site
Current site name Blackfoot Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.76341, 46.9435 (WGS84)
Relative position W BANK OF LINCOLN GULCH, 1 KM FROM JUNCTION OF THE BLACKFOOT RIVER AND LINCOLN GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis and Clark(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elliston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 014N 009W 29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 4 MI W OF THE TOWN OF LINCOLN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1968)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result $2.20-3.00/TON AU (1933)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Dike
    Rock description Diorite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.76341, 46.9435
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone 20-30 Ft. Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lincoln Gulch District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Rowland

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7620M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL, CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE TRENDS N AND IS AS MUCH AS 20 OR 30 FT WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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