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Boston Mine

Occurrence in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019702
MRDS ID DC11182
Record type Site
Current site name Boston Mine
Alternate or previous names Hartford, Golden Angel Klondike
Related records 10270520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26536, 46.82572 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.1 KM NW OF SPRINGTOWN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Granite(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elevation Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula East(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Powell
United States Montana Granite

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 012N 013W 05 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON A HILL AT THE HEAD OF DEEP CR.
  • Original political locations are Powell and Granite counties. Original lat/long plots in Granite county. So Granite county was promoted to first place to resolve lat/long - county disagreement.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26536, 46.82572
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Bearmouth Overthrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Garnet Stock

Ore body information

  • Length 914.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Top O'Deep District

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, SHAFT ENDS IN GRANITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HARTFORD IS ON THE NORTHERN HORN, GOLDEN ANGEL IS ON THE SOUTHERN HORN OF THE CRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit GARNET-MAGNETITE-EPIDOTE ROCK SHAPED LIKE A CRESCENT OPEN TO THE WEST, SURROUNDED BY GRANITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 03-SEP-2008 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long - county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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

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