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Birds Nest Graphite

Past Producer in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010811
MRDS ID D004795
Record type Site
Current site name Birds Nest Graphite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.47781, 45.1074 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423
Relative position 11 AIR MILES SE OF DILLON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dillon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 008S 007W 28,29 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE BETWEEN THE HEADS OF VAN CAMP AND TIMBER CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pre Belt
    Rock description Pre Belt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.47781, 45.1074
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 E
    Dip 90
    Width 0.08M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ruby Range

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS, LONGEST OF WHICH IS 270 FT. SOME LARGER VEINS HAVE BEEN STOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 152

  • Production

    M.B.M.G. BULL. 85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL THIN VEINS, CHIEFLY IN A PEGMATITE-APLITE BODY 15 TO 35 FEET THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1991 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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