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Wild Bat Prospect

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010763
MRDS ID D004724
Record type Site
Current site name Wild Bat Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.04117, 45.311 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 5.5 AIR MILES SE OF POLARIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(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 Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 14 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SOUTH 1/2, SECTION 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Skarn

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.001-0.006 OZ AU/TON, 0.45-0.05 OZ AG/TON, 0.50-0.75% CU AND NO PB, ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pioneer Batholith
    Rock description Pioneer Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.04117, 45.311
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Pioneer Batholith, 100-Ft Dikes Trend N45w.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Tactite Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.71M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUT, VERTICAL SHAFT 22 FT DEEP IN GRANODIORITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 78

  • Deposit

    1972 RECON M.B.M.G. BULL 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUMP MATERIAL CONTAINED IRON-STAINED QUARTZ AND COPPER STAINED LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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