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Hopkins Mine

Past Producer in Powell county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10221271
MAS/MILS ID 0300770053
Record type Site
Current site name Hopkins Mine
Alternate or previous names Negros

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -112.42479, 46.4863 (WGS84)
Elevation 1721
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Powell(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bison Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Butte North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Butte(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Clark Fork(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 Powell

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 009 N 007 W 36 NWSESW Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -112.42479, 46.4863
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 61M
    Length 121.9M
    Width 0.3M
    Area 1.5HA
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 ADV ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N40W:70N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1.5
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Elliston District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADES ARE FROM 700, AVERAGES FROM PRODUCTION STATI TONNAGE FIGURES ARE ESTIMATES BY INVESTIGATOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCCLERNAN,1976,MBMG BULL.98,P.14-15,50

  • Deposit

    ROBERTSON,1956,UNPUB.PHD THESIS UOF WASH PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    RUPPEL,1963 USGS BULL. 1151,PL.1

  • Deposit

    MBM AND G BULL 95,1974 P 22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Montana Bureau Of Mines And Geology Hgm U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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