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North Star Mine

Occurrence in Broadwater county in Montana, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010126
MRDS ID D003656
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.6842, 46.41657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Broadwater(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Winston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

White Sulphur Springs(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 Broadwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008N 001W 27,34 Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.6842, 46.41657
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Winston

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MONTANA MINERAL & WATER RESOURCES, 1968 , GOVT. PRINTING OFF

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE ASSAYING 0.4 - 2.97 OZ AU, 0.1 - 3.3 OZ. AG, 1.4 % PB.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey

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