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Cliff Mine

Occurrence in Ravalli county in Montana, United States with commodities 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010273
MRDS ID D003868
Record type Site
Current site name Cliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.25289, 46.59432 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 8 1/2 MILES WSW OF FLORENCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ravalli(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Joseph Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Missoula West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitterroot(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Ravalli

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 010N 021W 28 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN SAINT JOSEPH PEAK AND BASS CREEK, 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF ST. JOSEPH PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.25289, 46.59432
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Trucler

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John May

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT, ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAHINEN, U. M., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, MISSOULA AND RAVALLI CO., MONT., MONT. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL 8 , P. 55

  • Deposit

    1957 COMPILE MBMG, BULL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Doyle, Brien (Wells, John) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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