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White Cap Mine

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Tungsten
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019526
MRDS ID DC10749
Record type Site
Current site name White Cap Mine
Related records 10269417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.16758, 45.84656 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 21 AIR MI. NE OF WISDOM. .75 MI. W OF CALVERT MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Foolhen Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Beaverhead-Deerlodge 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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 001N 013W 12 CENTER OF SW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.05-0.08% CU, 0.20-0.25% PB, 0.014% WO3, 0.002-0.005 OZ AU/TON, AND 0.60 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Hasmark
    Rock description Hasmark
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.16758, 45.84656
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 76 NE
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Calvert Hill District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Henderson
    Home office Anaconda, Mt.

Comments on the workings information

  • DISCOVERY PIT, 8 FT. DEEP EXPOSES MINERALIZED ZONE. BULLDOZER CUTS AROUND THE PIT SHOWED NO ORE.

Comments on development

  • ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM, LOCATED 1956.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 151

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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